Maven (noun) (US Eng)
May-ven
An expert or connoisseur.
Early 20th century Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew mēḇīn ‘person with understanding, teacher’
Example sentences
“She’s a maven on the subject.”
Hajji (noun) hadj-ee A muslim who has gone on pilgrimage to Mecca. First recorded in 1600–10; from Arabic ḥajjī, equivalent to ḥajj “pilgrimage” + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or…
