zelkova

• zelcova, zelcoua

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛlkəvə/

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.

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

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

• elm

Ultimately from Georgian ძელქვა (ʒelkva).

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛlkova]

zelkova f

1. zelkova

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