jeem

English

Alternative forms

• jim

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِيم (jīm).

Noun

jeem (plural jeems)

1. The letter ج in the Arabic script.
   • 2013, John D. Byrum, Olivia Madison, Multi-script, Multilingual, Multi-character Issues for the Online Environment, page 100:

     The underlying letters themselves are a concept. For example, the Arabic letter jeem can be rendered by any of four possible glyphs (depending on where the letter jeem is positioned in the text).