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The time 10:48 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الحَادِيَةَ عَشرَةَ إِلَّا اِثنَا عَشَرَ دَقِيقَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu al-Haadiyata 3ashrata 'illaa ithnaa 3ashara daqiiqatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 11th hour except 12 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-Haadiyata 3ashrata = the 11th
الحَادِيَةَ عَشرَةَ (pronounced al-Haadiyata 3ashrata) means the 11th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 11th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
ithnaa 3ashara = 12
اِثنَا عَشَرَ (som uttalas ithnaa 3ashara) betyder 12.
It refers to the number of minutes (12) remaining until the next hour (the 11th).
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
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