All times in Arabic
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السّاعَةُ الثَّانِيَةَ عَشرَةَ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَ عَشَرَةَ دَقِيقَةً
as-saa3atu ath-thaaniyata 3ashrata 'illaa thalaatha 3asharata daqiiqatan
The time 11:47 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الثَّانِيَةَ عَشرَةَ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَ عَشَرَةَ دَقِيقَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu ath-thaaniyata 3ashrata 'illaa thalaatha 3asharata daqiiqatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 12th hour except 13 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-thaaniyata 3ashrata = the 12th
الثَّانِيَةَ عَشرَةَ (pronounced ath-thaaniyata 3ashrata) means the 12th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 12th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
thalaatha 3asharata = 13
ثَلَاثَ عَشَرَةَ (som uttalas thalaatha 3asharata) betyder 13.
It refers to the number of minutes (13) remaining until the next hour (the 12th).
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
Learn the words for minute and minutes in Arabic
Here you can learn how to tell any time you want in Arabic.
Select the number of hours and minutes below and click Show time.