All times in Arabic
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The time 14:37 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ إِلَّا ثَلَاثًا وَعِشرُونَ دَقِيقَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu ath-thaalithatu 'illaa thalaathan wa 3ishruuna daqiiqatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 3th hour except 23 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.
thalaathan wa 3ishruuna = 23
ثَلَاثًا وَعِشرُونَ (som uttalas thalaathan wa 3ishruuna) betyder 23.
It refers to the number of minutes (23) remaining until the next hour (the 3th).
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
Learn the words for minute and minutes in Arabic