All times in Arabic
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The time 21:49 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ العَاشِرَةُ إِلَّا أَحَدَ عَشَرَ دَقِيقَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu al-3aashiratu 'illaa 'aHada 3ashara daqiiqatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 10th hour except 11 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-3aashiratu = the 10th
العَاشِرَةُ (pronounced al-3aashiratu) means the 10th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 10th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
'aHada 3ashara = 11
أَحَدَ عَشَرَ (som uttalas 'aHada 3ashara) betyder 11.
It refers to the number of minutes (11) remaining until the next hour (the 10th).
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
Learn the words for minute and minutes in Arabic