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Telling the Time in Arabic

Hours, minutes and other words for talking about time in Arabic, with English translations.

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time زَمَنzaman
hour سَاعَةsāʕa
minute دَقِيقَةdaqīqa
second ثَانِيَةṯāniya
now الْآنَal-ʔāna
later لَاحِقًاlāḥiqan
soon قَرِيبًاqarīban
early بَاكِرbākir
late مُتَأَخِّرmutaʔaḵḵir
morning صَبَاحṣabāḥ
noon ظهرẓuhr
afternoon بَعْدَ الظُّهْرbaʕda ẓ-ẓuhr
evening مَسَاءmasāʔ
night لَيْلَةlayla
midnight مُنْتَصَف اَللَّيْلmuntaṣaf al-layl
tonight اَللَّيْلَةَal-laylata
always دَائِمًاdāʔiman
never أَبَدًاʔabadan
sometimes أَحْيَانًاʔaḥyānan
often كَثِيرًا مَاkaṯīran mā
usually عَادَةًʕādatan
again مَرَّة أُخْرَىmarra ʔuḵrā
before قبلqabla
after بعدbaʕda
clock سَاعَةsāʕa
watch سَاعَة يَدsāʕat yad
what time is it? كَمِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ؟kami s-sāʕatu?

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