"zelkova" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zelkovas [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{der|en|ru|дзе́льква||tree, wood}} Russian дзе́льква (dzélʹkva, “tree, wood”), {{der|en|ka|ძელქვა}} Georgian ძელქვა (ʒelkva), {{der|en|oge|ძელქვაჲ}} Old Georgian ძელქვაჲ (ʒelkvay) Head templates: {{en-noun}} zelkova (plural zelkovas)
  1. A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). Wikipedia link: zelkova Categories (lifeform): Rosales order plants Synonyms: Caucasian elm, Japanese elm, keaki, keyaki, kiaki, zelcova, zelcoua Derived forms: Caucasian zelkova (taxonomic: Zelkova carpinifolia), Chinese zelkova (taxonomic: Zelkova sinica), Cretan zelkova (taxonomic: Zelkova abelicea), cut-leafed zelkova (alt: Zelkova × verschaffeltii), Japanese zelkova (taxonomic: Zelkova serrata), saw-leaf zelkova (taxonomic: Zelkova serrata), Schneider's zelkova (taxonomic: Zelkova schneideriana), Sicilian zelkova (taxonomic: Zelkova sicula) Related terms: elm Translations (kind of tree in the elm family): ձելկվա (jelkva) (Armenian), թաղարնի (tʻaġarni) (Armenian), azat (Azerbaijani), zelkova [feminine] (Catalan), 櫸木 (Chinese Mandarin), 榉木 (jǔ mù) (Chinese Mandarin), zelkova (Czech), zelkova habrolistá (Czech), zelkova [common-gender] (Danish), zelkova [masculine] (Dutch), zelkovo (Esperanto), tselkva (Estonian), selkova (Finnish), orme de Sibérie [masculine] (French), planere [feminine] (French), zelcova [masculine] (French), ძელქვა (ʒelkva) (Georgian), Zelkove (German), Zelkowe (German), Zelkoua (German), Zelkowa (German), gyertyánszil (Hungarian), sealcóva [masculine] (Irish), olmo siberiano [masculine] (Italian), zelcova [feminine] (Italian), (keyaki) (alt: ケヤキ) (Japanese), 느티나무 (neutinamu) (Korean), درخت آزاد (deraxt-e âzâd) (Persian), زلکوا (zelkovâ) (Persian), zelkova [feminine] (Portuguese), дзе́льква (dzélʹkva) [feminine] (Russian), olmo chino [masculine] (Spanish), zelkova [feminine] (Spanish), chi cử (Vietnamese), selcofa [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olmo siberiano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zelcova"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ケヤキ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keyaki",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "word": "欅"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "neutinamu",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "word": "느티나무"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "deraxt-e âzâd",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "word": "درخت آزاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zelkovâ",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "word": "زلکوا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zelkova"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dzélʹkva",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дзе́льква"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olmo chino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zelkova"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "word": "chi cử"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "kind of tree in the elm family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "selcofa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zelkova"
}

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