similar to "?ó ????", i.e. "more than a hero"). It has also been argued that the name comes from the dialectal words "???á???, ??á???, ??á???, ???á???" (pomákan, omákan, omáceen, pomácen), meaning "tormented, tortured".

Origins

Their precise origin has been interpreted differently by Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish historians, but it is generally considered they are descendants of native Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians, and Paulicians

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