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bug
  بوگ   
bug

Fr.: bug, bogue   

A defect or imperfection, as in a mechanical device, computer program, or plan (Dictionary.com).

From bugge "beetle," apparently alteration of M.E. budde, O.E. -budda "beetle."

Bug, from Kurd. Kurmanji bihuk "bug, insect."

Bug Nebula
  میغ ِ شاپرک   
miq-e Šâparak

Fr.: nébuleuse de l'insecte   

The double-lobed → planetary nebula NGC 6302, which lies in → Scorpius at a distance of about 4000 → light-years. The central very hot star seems to have violently ejected material in two distinct directions.

bug; → nebula.

Šâparak "night butterfly, bat," from šab "night" + parak "flying," from paridan "to fly."