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half past ten es-sāAa Aashara we noS
               twenty to one wahda illa tilt
               twenty to ten Aashara illa tilt              HOW
               quarter to one wahda illa robA
               quarter to two itnayn illa robA              THE
               am eS-Sobh
               pm (in	the	afternoon) baAd ed-dohr
                 (in	the	evening) bil layl
               2am es-sāAa itnayn eS-Sobh                   LANGUAGE
               2pm es-sāAa itnayn
               6am es-sāAa sitta eS-Sobh
               6pm es-sāAa sitta bil layl
               10am es-sāAa Aashara eS-Sobh
               10pm es-sāAa Aashara bil layl
               noon ed-dohr                                 WORKS
               midnight noS el layl
               hour sāAa
               minute de’ee’a
               second sanya                                  ■      T i m e
               two minutes de’i’tayn
               quarter of an hour robA sāAa
               half an hour noS sāAa
               three quarters of an hour talat erbaA sāAa
















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