mavin

maven

and mavin (ˈmevnæ)

1. n. an expert; a self-proclaimed expert. (From Hebrew mevin via Yiddish.) A maven in the stock market you are not.

2. in. to act as a maven (sense 1). She’s always mavening about something.

verb

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Juris	-	Latvian
Mitchel	['mitʃəl]
Odharnait	-	Irish
Deorwine	-	Anglo-Saxon
Dessislava	-	Bulgarian
Whitehead	['(h)wait.hed]