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The time 17:25 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الخَامِسَةُ وَخَمسٌ وَعِشرُونَ دَقِيقَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu al-khaamisatu wa khamsun wa 3ishruuna daqiiqatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 5th hour and 25 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-khaamisatu = the 5th
الخَامِسَةُ (pronounced al-khaamisatu) means the 5th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 5th hour.
wa = and
The particle وَ (pronounced wa) means and.
khamsun wa 3ishruuna = 25
خَمسٌ وَعِشرُونَ (som uttalas khamsun wa 3ishruuna) betyder 25.
It refers to the number of minutes (25) that have passed since the time was exactly 5 o'clock.
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
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