Talk:Michael Shishman of Bulgaria

regarding the name
shishman is also a turkic word meaning 'an overweight person'. it is interesting that the word is a Bulgarian name. maybe there is no correlation..


 * Nope, there's no correlation. The word "shish", though is rpesent in nowadays Bulgarian and does mean that someone is fat - it derives from Turkish. But back at that time I don't think so. -- L a v e o l  T 13:29, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Also in modern Bulgarian “shishkav” means fat; but “shish” means: spit, broach.


 * Hey Laveol, there IS a correlation; not due to the Ottomans of course, but due to the Cuman Turks that the Shishmanid Dynasty probably originated from. Please see The Cumans, Cuman language, Cumania and Notable people of Cuman descent — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.223.24.199 (talk) 18:37, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Timeline
The timeline graphic seems a bit needless, an eight line dated list would give the same information in a more concise, more widely readable format. ( Hohum @ ) 19:13, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

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