shammus

sham(m)us

(ˈʃeməs)

n. a police officer or a detective. (Probably from Yiddish.) One thing that a shamus always knows is when another shamus is following him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rayyan	-	Arabic
Aviya	-	Hebrew
ÓLafur	-	Icelandic
Tyra	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Geronimo	je-ro-NEE-mo	History
Malina (2)	mah-LEE-nah (Polish)	Bulgarian, Serbian, Polish