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).[3] 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).[4][5]

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  1. ↑ "Ashmūn (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Egypt: Administrative Division (Governorates and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 13.
  4. ↑ Timm, Stefan. Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 192–193.
  5. ↑ Timm, Stefan. Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 2061–2062.


allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmoun