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Acehnese
Pronunciation
Letter
ج (jim) (no case)
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
- 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].
The letter is also used to represent the /t͡ʃ/ sound, especially by Gulf Arabic speakers.
Letter
ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jīm) (no case)
- The fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet, called جِيم (jīm) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ث (ṯ) and followed by ح (ḥ).
Symbol
ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jīm)
- The third numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ب (b) and followed by د (d).
Noun
ج
- (lexicography) abbreviation of جَمْع (jamʕ, “plural”)
- abbreviation of جُزْء (juzʔ, “part”)
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) (no case)
Burushaski
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʑ/, [dʑ~ʑ]
Letter
ج (j) (no case)
Chinese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂ/, [ʈ͡ʂ~ɖ͡ʐ]
Letter
ج (no case)
- The seventh letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.
Egyptian Arabic
Pronunciation
Letter
ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (gīm) (no case)
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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) (no case)
- The fifth letter of the Hijazi Arabic alphabet, called جِيم and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ث (ṯāʔ) and followed by ح (ḥāʔ).
See also
- Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, چ, 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
ج • (j) (no case)
- The tenth letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ث and followed by چ.
Kazakh
Pronunciation
Letter
ج • (j) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Ж or ж or (sometimes) Дж or дж)
- The fifth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ت and followed by چ.
See also
- 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
ج (jīm) (no case)
- The seventh letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ث and followed by چ.
Kyrgyz
Pronunciation
Letter
ج • (je) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Ж or ж)
- The eighth letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by يو and followed by 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 (no case)
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]
Old Ruthenian
Letter
ج • (dž) (no case)[1]
- (Middle Belarusian Arabica) A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
See also
- Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ء) [edit]
References
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
From Classical Persian ج (jīm), from Arabic ج (jīm).
Pronunciation
Letter
ج (jīm) (no case)
- The seventh letter of the Pahari-Potwari alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ث (s̱e) and followed by چ (ce).
Pashto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /dʒim/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /dʒ/
Letter
ج • (jim) (no case)
- The seventh letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ث and followed by ځ.
Persian
Pronunciation
Audio (Iran): (file)
Letter
ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jîm) (no case)
- The sixth letter of the Persian alphabet, called جیم and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ث and followed by چ.
Punjabi
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Classical Persian ج (jīm), from Arabic ج (jīm).
Pronunciation
Letter
ج • (jīm) (no case)
- The seventh letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ث (s̱e) and followed by چ (ce).
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d͡ʒ]
Letter
ج (no case, Latin equivalent Dž or dž, Cyrillic equivalent Џ or џ)
- (Bosnia, obsolete) The seventh letter of the Bosnian Arabic alphabet (Arebica), written in the Arabic script; preceded by د and followed by ݗ.
Sindhi
Pronunciation
Letter
ج • (jīm) (no case)
- The eleventh letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by پ and followed by ڄ.
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]
Soqotri
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/
Letter
ج (g) (no case)
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːm/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
Letter
ج • (jīm) (no case)
- The seventh letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ث and followed by چ.
Uyghur
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒe/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
Letter
ج • (je) (no case)
- The sixth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ت and followed by چ.
Yoruba
Pronunciation
Letter
ج (transliteration needed) (no case, Latin equivalent j)