ج

jīm, ज, The seventh letter of the Urdū or Hindūstānī, and the eighth consonant of the Nāgarī alphabet.. It has the sound of the English jas in judge. In the abjad, q.v., it has the numerical value of 3. In almanacs it stands for Tuesday; in astronomy for the sign Cancer.. It may also stand as an abbreviation for the Arabic month jamāda`l-āḵẖir.