"اَلْجار"

Translation: the neighbor

[Billy340454]

the voice sounds like "al-zhayr" with the vowel sounding like "air." I remember being taught that it should sound more like "al-jar," with the vowel sounding like it does in "are." opinions?

[JasonVoorheess]

It's Al-Jar.
You're right.

[Dave168907]

You will find that alif is quite consistently pronounced as [æ] or [ę] in this course.