zelkova

zelkova

See also: Zelkova

English

Alternative forms

• Zelkova

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 (Zelkova sinica)
• Cretan zelkova (Zelkova abelicea)
• cut-leafed zelkova (Zelkova × verschaffeltii)
• Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
• saw-leaf zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
• Schneider's zelkova (Zelkova schneideriana)
• Sicilian zelkova (Zelkova sicula)

Translations

kind of tree in the elm family

Armenian: ձելկվա (jelkva), թաղարնի (tʿałarni) 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

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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, 1935–1957
• zelkova in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989