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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛlkəvə/

Noun

zelkova (plural zelkovas)

1. A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). [from 19th c.]
   • 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 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 (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 (fr) 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: akağaç (tr)
• Vietnamese: cử (vi)
• Welsh: selcofa f

See also

• elm

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Georgian ძელქვა (ʒelkva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛlkova]

Noun

zelkova f

1. zelkova

Declension

Declension of zelkova (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	zelkova	zelkovy
genitive	zelkovy	zelkov
dative	zelkově	zelkovám
accusative	zelkovu	zelkovy
vocative	zelkovo	zelkovy
locative	zelkově	zelkovách
instrumental	zelkovou	zelkovami

Derived terms

• zelkova habrolistá

Further reading

• “zelkova”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zelkova”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989