altambas

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, compare Turkish altın (gold) and Turkish bez (cloth).[1][2][3] First attested in 1500.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

altambas m

  1. kincob (silk fabric interspersed with gold threads)
    Synonym: złotogłów

Descendants

  • Polish: altembas, altambas, altambasz, altebas

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), altembas”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), altembas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  3. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), altembas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

altambas m

  1. Middle Polish form of altembas

Declension

References

  • altambas”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
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