zelkova

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İngilizce - İngilizce
A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova)
Caucasian zelkova
A species of tree in the genus zelkova
zelkova

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    [ 'zel-k&-v&, zel-'kO-v& ] (noun.) circa 1890. Borrowed 1893 from New Latin (genus name) from Russian дзельква (dzel’kva), from a Caucasian language, possibly Georgian ძელქვა (dzelkva), possibly from ძელი ქვა (dzeli kva, “corbel, beam stone”), from ძელი (dzeli, “beam”) + ქვა (kva, “stone”).