altambas

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, compare Turkish altın (“gold”) and Turkish bez (“cloth”). First attested in 1500.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

• Polish: altembas, altambas, altambasz, altebas

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “(altembas) altambas”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /alˈtam.bas/

Noun

altambas m animacy unattested

1. Middle Polish form of altembas

Declension

Attested forms of -

	singular	plural
nominative	—	—
genitive	altambasu	—
dative	—	—
accusative	—	—
instrumental	—	—
locative	altambasie	—
vocative	—	—

References

• 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]