All times in Arabic
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The time 03:55 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الرَابِعَةُ إِلَّا خَمسَ دَقَائِقٍ .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu al-raabi3atu 'illaa khamsa daqaa'iqin
This Arabic time expression literally means the 4th hour except 5 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
al-raabi3atu = the 4th
الرَابِعَةُ (pronounced al-raabi3atu) means the 4th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 4th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
khamsa = 5
خَمسَ (som uttalas khamsa) betyder 5.
It refers to the number of minutes (5) remaining until the next hour (the 4th).
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