"margin" - pronunciation [closed]

I've just been corrected by one of my friends when I pronounced "margin" as /ˈmɑːɡɪn/. Indeed, I looked it up and dictionaries only give /ˈmɑːdʒɪn/. Does anybody really pronounce it the way I did it? I can't explain why it felt so natural to use /ɡ/ instead of /dʒ/?

dictionary.cambridge.org www.collinsdictionary.com

Solution 1:

No, nobody does. What's more, being derived from Latin, it being pronounced that way would require it be spelled "marguin." In words derived from Latin, a G immediately before an I is always a soft G, never a hard G.

"Speaking Church Latin - Soften consonants before ae, e, oe, and i." (click this link and see part 4, bullet 1)

Solution 2:

Merriam-Webster pronounces it \ˈmär-jən\. And their pronunciator pronounces it the way I generally hear it and speak it. The "r" sound should be audible (except in Boston).

Basically, the "mar" is the same as in "marshal", and the "gin" is the same as the alcohol.