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The time 13:47 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَ عَشَرَةَ دَقِيقَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu ath-thaaniyatu 'illaa thalaatha 3asharata daqiiqatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 2th 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-thaaniyatu = the 2th
الثَّانِيَةُ (pronounced ath-thaaniyatu) means the 2th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 2th 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 2th).
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
Learn the words for minute and minutes in Arabic