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
Rebekka	re-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Josceline	JAHS-lin, JAHS-ə-lin	English (Rare)
Gemariah	gem-ə-RIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Artur	ər-TOOR (Portuguese), ar-TOOR (Galician), AHR-tuwr (Polish), AHR-toor (German)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Polish, Russian, German, Estonian, Swedish, Romanian, Czech
Ishani	-	Indian, Hindi
Rubens	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)