eş: chandelle, cierge, sonde, cathéter, bougie de Chamberland, bougie de démarrage
köken: From Bougie, the French name for the Algerian town of Béjaïa بجاية, formerly known for exporting candle wax. Attested 1300 for "fine candle wax", and 1493 for "candle made from such wax".
spark plug (device that forms a high-voltage spark for fuel ignition) · candle · Obsolete unit of light intensity. Superceded by the candela. (cf. English candlepower)
çekim: çoğul bujías
eş: candela, cirio, hacha, vela, palmatoria
köken: From the Spanish name for the city Béjaïa, Algeria. This city was at one time famous for the quality of its candle wax.
spark plug (part of an internal combustion engine which forms a high-voltage electric spark which ignites the fuel-air mixture to begin the power stroke)
köken: From Dutch bougie, from French bougie (“spark plug, candle”), ultimately from French Bougie, the historical French name for the Algerian town of Béjaïa.
köken: From Bugia (“Béjaïa”), a port in Algeria from which wax for candlemaking was imported, from Arabic بِجَايَة (bijāya), from Berber. The sense of "spark plug" is a semantic loan from French bougie which has the same origin.