altambas

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Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Turkish altın (gold) and Turkish bez (cloth). First attested in 1500.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /alʲtambas/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /alʲtambas/

Noun

altambas m animacy unattested

  1. kincob (silk fabric interspersed with gold threads)
    Synonym: złotogłów
    • 1914 , Adorján Divéky, editor, Zsigmond lengyel herczeg Budai számadásai (1500-1502, 1505), page 41:
      Nicolao pellifici pro filis sericeis, quibus subducebat szubam rubram de altambasz domino principi

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “altembas”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “altembas”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “altembas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “altembas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish altambas, from Turkic. See altembas.

Pronunciation

Noun

altambas m animacy unattested

  1. Middle Polish form of altembas

Declension

References