Letter 5 of 28
How Do You Pronounce Jim (ج)?
ج
Jimجِيم
J as in jam.
The sound
The English j of jam and jewel. In Quranic recitation it is a clean, single j sound made with the middle of the tongue.
The first of three hook-shaped sisters, jim carries one dot inside the curve. Haa (ح) has none and Kha (خ) carries its dot above.
The four written forms
Arabic letters change shape by position, alone, at the start, in the middle, and at the end of a word.
ج
Isolated
ج
Initial
ج
Medial
ج
Final
Jim with harakat
The three short vowels: fatha says "a", kasra says "i", damma says "u".
جَ
ja
Fatha · "a"
جِ
ji
Kasra · "i"
جُ
ju
Damma · "u"
Spot it in the Quran
الْجَنَّةُ
al-jannah
the Garden, Paradise
جَعَلَ
ja'ala
he made
رَجُلٌ
rajul
man
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