Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Arabic (Maghrebi) Scripts بوتفليقة(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. boo-teh-flee-KA(Arabic) BOO-TEH-FLEE-KA(French) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Possibly means "one who makes things explode" in Algerian Arabic. A famous bearer is Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937-), who served as president of Algeria from 1999 to 2019.