Dictionary

zelkova en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈzɛlkəvə/

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”).

Meanings

1. A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova).
   • 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. 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 135:

Forms

Deriveds

cut-leafed zelkova · saw-leaf zelkova · Caucasian zelkova · Japanese zelkova · Cretan zelkova · Chinese zelkova · Schneider's zelkova · Sicilian zelkova

Relateds

elm

Synonyms

Caucasian elm · keyaki · keaki · Japanese elm · kiaki

Translations (35)

hy թաղարնի (kind of tree in the elm family) · hu gyertyánszil (kind of tree in the elm family) · de Zelkoua (kind of tree in the elm family) · it zelcova (kind of tree in the elm family) · de Zelkowa (kind of tree in the elm family) · cy selcofa (kind of tree in the elm family) · ka ძელქვა (kind of tree in the elm family) · de Zelkove (kind of tree in the elm family) · ja 欅 (kind of tree in the elm family) · fa زلکوا (kind of tree in the elm family) · tr akağaç (kind of tree in the elm family) · et tselkva (kind of tree in the elm family) · ga sealcóva (kind of tree in the elm family) · fi selkova (kind of tree in the elm family) · nl zelkova (kind of tree in the elm family) · ko 느티나무 (kind of tree in the elm family) · az azat (kind of tree in the elm family) · fr planere (kind of tree in the elm family) · hy ձելկվա (kind of tree in the elm family) · eo zelkovo (kind of tree in the elm family) · de Zelkowe (kind of tree in the elm family) · cs zelkova (kind of tree in the elm family) · ru дзе́льква (kind of tree in the elm family) · ca zelkova (kind of tree in the elm family) · pt zelkova (kind of tree in the elm family) · cmn 櫸木 /榉木 (kind of tree in the elm family) · it olmo siberiano (kind of tree in the elm family) · da zelkova (kind of tree in the elm family) · fr zelcova (kind of tree in the elm family) · cs zelkova habrolistá (kind of tree in the elm family) · es zelkova (kind of tree in the elm family) · fa درخت آزاد (kind of tree in the elm family) · es olmo chino (kind of tree in the elm family) · fr orme de Sibérie (kind of tree in the elm family) · vi cử (kind of tree in the elm family)