Place:Ashmoun
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Ashmoun (Arabic: أشمون) is a city in the south of Monufia Governorate, Egypt.
The city's Arabic name comes from Coptic Chmoumi (Coptic: ϭⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ), of unclear etymology, that could be possibly related to a Coptic word for "spring, source" (Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ).[1] It was also known as Ashmoun Gerisat (Arabic: اشمون جريسات), a calque of Coptic: ϭⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡϯϩⲟⲧ, lit. 'Chmoumi of Ptihot', where Ptihot is a name of a nearby town, modern Gerays (Arabic: جريس).[2][3]
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References
- ↑ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten". p. 13. http://www.peust.de/ortsnamen_original.pdf.
- ↑ Timm, Stefan. Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 192–193.
- ↑ Timm, Stefan. Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 2061–2062.
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