See also: چ,
ح,
خ, and Appendix:Variations of "g"
Acehnese
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ɟim]
- (Phoneme) IPA(key): [ɟ]
Letter
ج (jim)
- The fifth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
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See also
- Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): 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]
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)
- 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)
- 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
- (lexicography) abbreviation of جَمْع (jamʕ, “plural”)
See also
- Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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 [edit]
- Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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Balti
Pronunciation
Letter
ج (j)
- The seventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic alphabet
Burushaski
Pronunciation
Letter
ج (transliteration needed)
- The ninth letter of the Burushaski alphabet
Chinese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂ/, [ʈ͡ʂ~ɖ͡ʐ]
Letter
ج
- 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
Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːm/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
- (allophones): IPA(key): [d͡ʒ], [ʒ]
Letter
ج • (jīm)
- The fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is جِيم (jīm), and is preceded by ث (ṯāʔ) and followed by ح (ḥāʔ).
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See also
- Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): 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, هـ, و, ي [edit]
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːm/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
Letter
ج • (j)
- The tenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
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- Previous letter: ث (s)
- Next letter: چ (c)
Kazakh
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ʒim/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʒ/
Letter
ج • (j)
- The fifth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ж or sometimes the digraph Дж.
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- Previous letter: ت
- Next letter: چ
- Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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 [edit]
Khowar
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒim/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
Letter
ج (jīm)
- The seventh letter of the Khowar abjad.
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- Previous letter: ث
- Next letter: چ
Kyrgyz
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /dʒe/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /dʒ/
Letter
ج • (je)
- The eighth letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ж
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- 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
- The fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
See also
- Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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]
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
From Classical Persian ج (jīm), from Arabic ج (jīm).
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː.m/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
Letter
ج (jīm)
- The seventh letter of Pahari-Potwari in the Shahmukhi script.
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- Previous letter: ث (s̱e)
- Next letter: چ (ce)
Pashto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /dʒim/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /dʒ/
Letter
ج • (jim)
- The seventh letter of the Pashto alphabet.
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- Previous letter: ث
- Next letter: ځ
Persian
Pronunciation
Letter
ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jîm)
- The sixth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ث and followed by چ. Its name is جیم.
Punjabi
- Gurmukhi letter: ਜ (jajjā)
- (letter name): جیم (jīm)
Etymology
From Classical Persian ج (jīm), from Arabic ج (jīm).
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː.m/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
Letter
ج • (jīm)
- The seventh letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
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- Previous letter: ث (s̱e)
- Next letter: چ (ce)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Letter
ج
- (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)
- The eleventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.
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See also
- Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): 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, ه, ء, ي [edit]
- Previous letter: پ
- Next letter: ڄ
Urdu
Pronunciation
Letter
ج • (jīm)
- The seventh letter of the Urdu abjad.
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- Previous letter: ث (s)
- Next letter: چ (c)
Uyghur
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒe/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
Letter
ج • (je)
- The sixth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
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- Previous letter: ت (t)
- Next letter: چ (ch)
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒí/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
Letter
ج (j)
- The eleventh letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script j.
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- Previous letter: اِ
- Next letter: ك