Talk:Gimel

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I believed that gimel came from a Phenician letter representing a camel (gamal in hebrew). And when you look at the Hebrew letter, it can look like a camel.

Julia (jvigne' @ 'caramail.com)

Contents 1 Arabic letter forms inconsistency among articles 2 Dreidel 3 Arabic pronunciation question 4 Alternate name of letter in Arabic

[edit] Arabic letter forms inconsistency among articles

Is there a reason to show the Arabic letter in the table in Gimel (letter) in its middle form: ﺟ , whereas in Heth (letter) the letter is shown in the final form: ح ? (cross-posted: Talk:Heth (letter)#Arabic letter forms inconsistency among articles)--Imz 00:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I'm solving this problem by adding 2 distinctive Arabic letter forms (initial and isolated, if they are present) to the tables: [1], [2].--Imz 02:11, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dreidel

It needs to be mentioned that Gimel is always the winnar. Buttboy666 21:50, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arabic pronunciation question

I've heard that in Arabic it's pronounced "J" (as in "jump") but I've also heard that it's pronounced "J" as in "regime" or French "jour." I'm not speaking of the Egyptian pronunciation as "G" but the standard Arabic pronunciation. Thanks in advance for assistance on this. Badagnani 23:41, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alternate name of letter in Arabic

Can't the letter's name also be romanized as "jim" (in addition to "ǧīm," which is used here)? Badagnani 23:42, 14 September 2007 (UTC)