All times in Arabic
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The time 02:53 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ إِلَّا سَبعَ دَقَائِقٍ .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu ath-thaalithatu 'illaa sab3a daqaa'iqin
This Arabic time expression literally means the 3th hour except 7 minutes
Below, I go through the details of the time expression.
as-saa3atu = the clock
السّاعَةُ (pronounced as-saa3atu) means the clock
Learn how to write clock in Arabic
ath-thaalithatu = the 3th
الثَّالِثَةُ (pronounced ath-thaalithatu) means the 3th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 3th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
sab3a = 7
سَبعَ (som uttalas sab3a) betyder 7.
It refers to the number of minutes (7) remaining until the next hour (the 3th).
minute/minutes
دَقَائِقٍ (pronounced daqaa'iqin) means minutes. That is plural of (daqiiqa) which means minute.
Learn the words for minute and minutes in Arabic