All times in Arabic
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The time 20:36 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ التَّاسِعَةُ إِلَّا أَربَعًا وَعِشرُونَ دَقِيقَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu at-taasi3atu 'illaa 'arba3an wa 3ishruuna daqiiqatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 9th hour except 24 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
at-taasi3atu = the 9th
التَّاسِعَةُ (pronounced at-taasi3atu) means the 9th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 9th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
'arba3an wa 3ishruuna = 24
أَربَعًا وَعِشرُونَ (som uttalas 'arba3an wa 3ishruuna) betyder 24.
It refers to the number of minutes (24) remaining until the next hour (the 9th).
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
Learn the words for minute and minutes in Arabic