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
Bud	BUD	English
Margita	-	Hungarian, Slovak
Benjy	BEN-jee	English
WilmǢR	-	Anglo-Saxon
Sher	-	Urdu, Pashto
Fadila	-	Arabic