Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

altambas m animacy unattested

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

Descendants edit

  • Polish: altembas, altambas, altambasz, altebas

References edit

  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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

altambas m animacy unattested

  1. Middle Polish form of altembas

Declension edit

References edit

  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “altambas”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]