altembas

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish altambas, from Turkic. Compare Turkish altın (gold) and Turkish bez (cloth).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈtɛm.bas/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmbas
  • Syllabification: al‧tem‧bas

Noun

altembas m inan

  1. (chiefly uncountable) kincob (silk fabric interspersed with gold threads)
    Synonym: złotogłów
    z altembasu(made) of kincob

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

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

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