All times in Arabic
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The time 20:22 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الثَّامِنَةُ وَاِثنَانِ وَعِشرُونَ دَقِيقَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu ath-thaaminatu wa ithnaani wa 3ishruuna daqiiqatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 8th hour and 22 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-thaaminatu = the 8th
الثَّامِنَةُ (pronounced ath-thaaminatu) means the 8th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 8th hour.
wa = and
The particle وَ (pronounced wa) means and.
ithnaani wa 3ishruuna = 22
اِثنَانِ وَعِشرُونَ (som uttalas ithnaani wa 3ishruuna) betyder 22.
It refers to the number of minutes (22) that have passed since the time was exactly 8 o'clock.
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
Learn the words for minute and minutes in Arabic