zelkova

See also: Zelkova

English

Alternative forms

• zelcova, zelcoua

Etymology

From New Latin (genus name) from Russian дзе́льква (dzélʹkva, “tree, wood”), from Georgian ძელქვა (ʒelkva), from Old Georgian ძელქვაჲ (ʒelkvay), from ძელი (ʒeli, “beam”) + ქვაჲ (kvay, “stone”).

Noun

zelkova (plural zelkovas)

1. A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). [from 19th c.]
   • 2015, Deborah Smith, translating Han Kang, The Vegetarian, Granta 2018, p. 135:

     While she waits for the doctor to come down from the consultation room, she turns to look at the zelkova tree which stands in the hospital's front garden.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:zelkova.

Synonyms

• Caucasian elm
• Japanese elm
• keaki, keyaki, kiaki

Derived terms

• Caucasian zelkova (Zelkova carpinifolia)
• Chinese zelkova ()
• Cretan zelkova ()
• cut-leafed zelkova ()
• Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
• saw-leaf zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
• Schneider's zelkova ()
• Sicilian zelkova ()

Translations

kind of tree in the elm family

• Armenian: ձելկվա (jelkva), թաղարնի (tʻaġarni)
• Azerbaijani: azat (az)
• Catalan: zelkova f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 櫸木／榉木 (zh) (jǔ mù)

• Czech: zelkova, zelkova habrolistá
• Danish: zelkova c
• Dutch: zelkova m
• Esperanto: zelkovo
• Estonian: tselkva
• Finnish: selkova (fi)
• French: orme de Sibérie (fr) m, planere f, zelcova m
• Georgian: ძელქვა (ka) (ʒelkva)
• German: Zelkove, Zelkowe, Zelkoua, Zelkowa
• Hungarian: gyertyánszil (hu)
• Irish: sealcóva m
• Italian: olmo siberiano (it) m, zelcova f
• Japanese: 欅 (ja) (ケヤキ, keyaki)
• Korean: 느티나무 (ko) (neutinamu)
• Persian: درخت آزاد (deraxt-e âzâd), زلکوا (zelkovâ)
• Portuguese: zelkova f
• Russian: дзе́льква (ru) f (dzélʹkva)
• Spanish: olmo chino m, zelkova f
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: chi cử
• Welsh: selcofa f

See also

• elm

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Georgian ძელქვა (ʒelkva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛlkova]

Noun

zelkova f

1. zelkova

Derived terms

• zelkova habrolistá

 

Further reading

• “zelkova”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
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