Arabic Times

الْوَاحِدَة (al-wāḥida)

one o'clock (fem. ordinal)

الثَّانِيَة (ath-thāniya)

two o'clock (fem. ordinal)

الثَّالِثَة (ath-thālitha)

three o'clock (fem. ordinal)

الرَّابِعَة (ar-rābiʿa)

four o'clock (fem. ordinal)

الْخَامِسَة (al-khāmisa)

five o'clock (fem. ordinal)

السَّادِسَة (as-sādisa)

six o'clock (fem. ordinal)

السَّابِعَة (as-sābiʿa)

seven o'clock (fem. ordinal)

الثَّامِنَة (ath-thāmina)

eight o'clock (fem. ordinal)

التَّاسِعَة (at-tāsiʿa)

nine o'clock (fem. ordinal)

الْعَاشِرَة (al-ʿāshira)

ten o'clock (fem. ordinal)

الْحَادِيَة عَشْرَة (al-ḥādiya ʿashra)

eleven o'clock

الثَّانِيَة عَشْرَة (ath-thāniya ʿashra)

twelve o'clock

النِّصْف (an-niṣf)

half

الرُّبْع (ar-rubʿ)

quarter

الثُّلْث (ath-thulth)

third (1/3, used for :20)

وَالنِّصْف (wa n-niṣf)

and a half (:30)

وَالرُّبْع (wa r-rubʿ)

and a quarter (:15)

إِلَّا الرُّبْع (illā r-rubʿ)

quarter to (:45)

وَالثُّلْث (wa th-thulth)

and a third (:20)

إِلَّا الثُّلْث (illā th-thulth)

twenty to (minus a third)

وَخَمْس دَقَائِق (wa khams daqāʾiq)

and five minutes (:05)

وَعَشْر دَقَائِق (wa ʿashr daqāʾiq)

and ten minutes (:10)

إِلَّا عَشْر (illā ʿashr)

ten to

إِلَّا خَمْس (illā khams)

five to

كَمِ السَّاعَة؟ (kam is-sāʿa?)

What time is it?

السَّاعَة الْوَاحِدَة (as-sāʿa al-wāḥida)

It is one o'clock

السَّاعَة الثَّالِثَة وَالنِّصْف (as-sāʿa ath-thālitha wa n-niṣf)

It is half past three (3:30)

السَّاعَة الْخَامِسَة وَالرُّبْع (as-sāʿa al-khāmisa wa r-rubʿ)

It is quarter past five (5:15)

السَّاعَة السَّابِعَة إِلَّا الرُّبْع (as-sāʿa as-sābiʿa illā r-rubʿ)

It is quarter to seven (6:45)

السَّاعَة التَّاسِعَة تَمَامًا (as-sāʿa at-tāsiʿa tamāman)

It is exactly nine o'clock

السَّاعَة الثَّانِيَة عَشْرَة ظُهْرًا (as-sāʿa ath-thāniya ʿashra ẓuhran)

It is 12 noon

السَّاعَة الثَّامِنَة صَبَاحًا (as-sāʿa ath-thāmina ṣabāḥan)

It is 8 in the morning

السَّاعَة السَّادِسَة مَسَاءً (as-sāʿa as-sādisa masāʾan)

It is 6 in the evening

السَّاعَة (as-sāʿa)

the hour / the clock

دَقِيقَة (daqīqa)

minute

دَقَائِق (daqāʾiq)

minutes (plural)

ثَانِيَة (thāniya)

second (unit of time)

صَبَاحًا (ṣabāḥan)

in the morning (AM)

مَسَاءً (masāʾan)

in the evening (PM)

ظُهْرًا (ẓuhran)

at noon

لَيْلًا (laylan)

at night

بَعْدَ الظُّهْر (baʿda aẓ-ẓuhr)

in the afternoon

مُنْتَصَف اللَّيْل (muntaṣaf al-layl)

midnight

تَمَامًا (tamāman)

exactly / sharp

وَ (wa)

and (used for minutes past the hour)

إِلَّا (illā)

except / minus (used for minutes to the hour)