All times in Arabic
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The time 20:40 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ التَّاسِعَةُ إِلَّا ثُلثًا .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu at-taasi3atu 'illaa thulthan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 9th hour except a third
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.
ثُلثًا (pronounced thulthan) means third. Twenty minutes is a third of an hour.