ج

Character	ج
Unicode name	ARABIC LETTER JEEM
Arabic	U+062C

See also Appendix:Variations of "g"

Arabic

Pronunciation

• Classical & Qur'anic, Modern Standard Arabic, and in some modern dialects (e.g. some Sa'idi Arabic varieties) IPA: /dʒ/; most North African dialects & most Levantine dialects IPA: /ʒ/; Egyptian dialect and some Yemeni varieties IPA: /ɡ/; some Gulf Arabic varieties IPA: /j/; some Sa'idi Arabic varieties IPA: /d/.

Letter

ج / ج‍ / ‍ج‍ / ‍ج (jīm)

1. The fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is جيم (jīm), and is preceded by ث and followed by ح.

Number

ج / ج‍ / ‍ج‍ / ‍ج (jīm)

1. The third letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ب and followed by د.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حرف; ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ج

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Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /gīm/
• (phoneme): IPA: /g/

Letter

ﺝ / ﺟ‍ / ﺠ / ‍ﺞ (gīm)

See also

• چ

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Malay

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA: [d͡ʒem]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [d͡ʒ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial, obsolete) IPA: [d͡ʒ], [t͡ʃ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [t͡ʃ]

Letter

ﺝ / ﺟ‍ / ﺠ / ‍ﺞ

1. The fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف; ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /dʒim/
• (phoneme): IPA: /dʒ/

Letter

ج (jim)

1. The seventh letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ج	ـج	ـجـ	جـ

See also

• Previous letter: ث
• Next letter: ځ

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Persian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

ﺝ / ﺟ‍ / ﺠ / ‍ﺞ (jīm)

1. The sixth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ث and followed by چ. Its name is جیم.