kandil
1. oil lamp shaped like a small glass bowl. 2. kerosene lamp. 3. one of five Islamic holy nights when the minarets are illuminated. 4. slang very drunk. -- çöreği/simidi a savory, ring-shaped biscuit eaten on a kandil gecesi. -- gecesi one of five Islamic holy nights when the minarets are illuminated: Mevlit, Regaip, Miraç, Berat, Kadir. -- günü the day preceding a kandil gecesi. -- topu glass bowl of an oil lamp. -- yağı olive oil that is poor in quality. --in yağı tükenmek colloq. to breathe one´s last breath, die.