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".
köken: From Middle Persian [Term?] (/*mōm/). Akin to Northern Kurdish mûm (“candle”), Central Kurdish مۆم (mom, “candle”), Southern Kurdish موم (mum, “wax”), and Old Armenian մոմ (mom), an Iranian borrowing. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing from a Semitic language, from Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water, liquid, sap”); compare Akkadian 𒀀 (mū). The final -m could be from a plural suffix (the…
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo) or Greek καντήλα (kantíla), κάνδηλα (kándila), from Latin candēla. Compare Bulgarian кандило (kandilo), Serbo-Croatian kàndilo, Aromanian cãndilã. Compare also Turkish kandil.
candle (light source consisting of a wick embedded in wax, tallow or paraffin) · shoulder stand (gymnastic pose in which the legs are pointed upwards with the body supported by the shoulders) · spark plug (part of an internal combustion engine which ignites the fuel-air mixture)
çekim: çoğul gyertyák
köken: Borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Chuvash ҫурта (śurt̬a).
aile: gyertyatartó, viaszgyertya, két végén égeti a gyertyát
A gyertya a végét járta s a lefolyt faggyú sercegve égett a gyertyatartó oldalán.
A térdet lassan a mellkasra húzzuk, a kezeket a csípő alá helyezzük és gyertyába emelkedünk.
A biztos, könnyű indítás elsősorban a gyertya szikraközén múlik.
Etimoloji
From Malay lilin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lilin.