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: 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
• Search for entries beginning with ج

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/, [d͡ʒ]

Letter

ج (j)

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)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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

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)

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

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: 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)

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 (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)

1. The seventh letter of Pahari-Potwari 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)

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

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

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)

Etymology

From Classical Persian ج (jīm), from Arabic ج (jīm).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiː.m/
• (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

• 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 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