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
Enric	ən-REEK	Catalan
Telmo	-	Portuguese, Spanish
Antiope	-	Greek Mythology
AnĐElka	-	Croatian
Yevpraksiya	-	Russian
Ignac	-	Slovene