ج

See also: چ, ح, خ, and Appendix:Variations of "g"

ج U+062C, ج ARABIC LETTER JEEM ← ث [U+062B] Arabic ح → [U+062D]

ﺝ U+FE9D, ﺝ ARABIC LETTER JEEM ISOLATED FORM ← ﺜ [U+FE9C] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺞ → [U+FE9E]

ﺞ U+FE9E, ﺞ ARABIC LETTER JEEM FINAL FORM ← ﺝ [U+FE9D] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺟ → [U+FE9F]

ﺟ U+FE9F, ﺟ ARABIC LETTER JEEM INITIAL FORM ← ﺞ [U+FE9E] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺠ → [U+FEA0]

ﺠ U+FEA0, ﺠ ARABIC LETTER JEEM MEDIAL FORM ← ﺟ [U+FE9F] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺡ → [U+FEA1]

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢄 (l, “gimel”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (l, “gimel”), from an uncertain Egyptian hieroglyph (𓌙?). See also Classical Syriac ܓ (l, “gimel”), Hebrew ג (l, “gimel”), Ancient Greek Γ (G), Latin C and Latin G.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

• It has many standard pronunciations in Modern Standard Arabic, which can also reflect the pronunciation in national varieties of Arabic:
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʒ] in most of the Arabian Peninsula, Mesopotamia, parts of the Levant, parts of Egypt and in Central Algeria.
  • IPA^(key): [ʒ] in most of the Levant and most of north Africa;
  • IPA^(key): [ɡ] in most of Egypt and west Yemen and parts of Oman (e.g. Muscat dialect);
  • IPA^(key): [ɟ] in Sudan (with allophones) and south Yemen, and most likely in Classical Arabic.

When reciting the Quran, it is customarily pronounced as [d͡ʒ].

Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jīm)

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

Symbol

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (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 (b) and followed by د (d).

Noun

ج

1. (lexicography) Abbreviation of جَمْع (jamʕ, “plural”).

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
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Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/, [d͡ʒ]

Letter

ج (transliteration needed)

1. The seventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic alphabet

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʑ/, [dʑ~ʑ]

Letter

ج (transliteration needed)

1. The ninth letter of the Burushaski alphabet

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂ/, [ʈ͡ʂ~ɖ͡ʐ]

Letter

ج

1. The seventh letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡiːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (gīm)

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See also

• چ

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/
• (allophones): IPA^(key): [d͡ʒ], [ʒ]

Letter

ج • (jīm)

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

Forms

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

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

ج • (j)

1. The tenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ث (s)
• Next letter: چ (c)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ج
Cyrillic	Ж, ж
Latin	J, j
Yañalif	Ç, ç

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʒim/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ج • (j)

1. The fifth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ж or sometimes the digraph Дж.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ت
• Next letter: چ
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒim/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

ج (jīm)

1. The seventh letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ث
• Next letter: چ

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dʒe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /dʒ/

Letter

ج • (je)

1. The eighth letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ж

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: يو
• Next letter: ز

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ 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]

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dʒim/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /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

Persian

Pronunciation

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Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jîm)

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

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਜ (jajjā)
• (letter name): جیم (jīm)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

ج • (jīm)

1. The seventh letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ث (s̱e)
• Next letter: چ (ce)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒ]

Letter

ج

1. (Bosnia, obsolete) The seventh letter of the Bosnian Arabic alphabet (Arebica), It is preceded by the letter د (D) and is followed by the letter ݗ (Đ). It corresponds to the modern-day Dž (Cyrillic Џ)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

ج • (jīm)

1. The eleventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

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

See also

• (Letters of the Sindhi alphabet) ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ھ, ء, ي

• Previous letter: پ
• Next letter: ڄ

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːm/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

ج • (jīm)

1. The seventh letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ث (s)
• Next letter: چ (c)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

ج • (je)

1. The sixth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ت (t)
• Next letter: چ (ch)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒí/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

ج (j)

1. The eleventh letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script j.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: اِ
• Next letter: ك