() is one of the six letters the Arabic alphabet added to the twenty-two inherited from the Phoenician alphabet (the others being , , , , ). It represents the voiced velar fricative (IPA ). In name and shape, it is a variant of .

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The pronunciation of the letter varies between regions. For example, in most Arabic dialects the sound is best compared to gargling water in the back of one's throat, but in Egypt, which has a historically had a prominent Anglo influence, gayn sounds like an English g. This is also true of certain loan words, such as the word for "English", near-universally pronounced Inglatizee.^*

See also

• Arabic phonology

Arabic letters

غ | Ghain (Arabischer Buchstabe) | غ