guadalmecin
Old Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- guadalmeçin (alternative spelling)
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic غَدَامِسِيّ (ḡadāmisiyy, “Ghadamesian”), from غَدَامِس (ḡadāmis, “Ghadames”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
guadalmecin m (usually uncountable)
- wrought leather; painted and decorated leather hangings
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 19v:
- […] ⁊ cueros de guadalmeçin bermeios. E cueros de rudari. ⁊ mađos de cedros poral taƀnaculo.
- […] and red wrought leather, and badger skins and wood of cedars for the Tabernacle.
Descendants edit
- Spanish: guadamecí, guadamecil