All times in Arabic
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The time 23:50 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الثَّانِيَةَ عَشرَةَ إِلَّا عَشَرَ دَقَائِقٍ .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu ath-thaaniyata 3ashrata 'illaa 3ashara daqaa'iqin
This Arabic time expression literally means the 12th hour except 10 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-thaaniyata 3ashrata = the 12th
الثَّانِيَةَ عَشرَةَ (pronounced ath-thaaniyata 3ashrata) means the 12th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 12th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
3ashara = 10
عَشَرَ (som uttalas 3ashara) betyder 10.
It refers to the number of minutes (10) remaining until the next hour (the 12th).
minute/minutes
دَقَائِقٍ (pronounced daqaa'iqin) means minutes. That is plural of (daqiiqa) which means minute.
Learn the words for minute and minutes in Arabic