goombah

(ˈgumbɑ)

n. a buddy; a trusted friend. (Also a term of address. Ultimately from Italian.) He’s my goombah. I can trust him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Merle	[mə:l]
Bailey	['beili]
Agnija	-	Serbian, Macedonian, Latvian
Til	TIL	Dutch, Limburgish
Desiderio	-	Italian, Spanish
Tad	TAD	English