Time, days and hours in Arabic
137 words in Arabic on the topic “time, days and hours”: ساعة — hour, يوم — day, اليوم — today, غدا — tomorrow.
137 words on the topic
- ساعةсааʿаhourBoth the unit of time and the device: a wristwatch is also saaʿa. Kam as-saaʿa? — what time is it?
- يومйаумdayThe same yawm as in the Quran’s "day of judgement". The days of the week are counted "first", "second"… after Friday
- اليومаль-йаумtodayLiterally "the day". The article has glued on for good, and the phrase has become one adverb
- غداгаданtomorrowThe gh is the gargled one (غ), close to the French r; the sound stretches, and in speech the word comes out ghaadan
- أمسамсyesterdayA short word with a hamza at the front. "Yesterday" does not change the verb: the past tense has said it already
- صباحсабаахmorningKnown from sabah al-khayr. The morning in Arab countries starts early: the market comes alive before the heat
- مساءмасааeveningKnown from masaa al-khayr. The evening begins at sunset, and after noon nobody says "morning" anymore
- ليلлайлnightThe same word as in "A Thousand and One Nights". Layla — "a night" with the ta marbuta — is a woman’s name from the same source
- فطورфутуурbreakfastFrom the root "to break": breakfast breaks the pause of the night. "For breakfast" is fi al-futuur; the same word names the evening meal of the fasting month
- غداءгадааlunchThe main meal of the day, around one or two: the heat sets the schedule. The word shares a root with ghaadan: ghadwa is noon, when the sun stands high
- عشاءʿашааdinnerA kin of masaa — the evening: dinner is the evening meal, and their time is one. In the coffeehouses dinner is light: bread, cheese, tea — and talk until late
- مرتين في اليومмарратейн фи аль-йаумtwice a dayThe dual of the word marra — a time: two are counted by the form marratayn. Three times is thalaath marrat, and further the count goes with the plain number
- في أي ساعة؟фи аййи сааʿа؟at what time?Literally "in which hour": the answer is built with the same fi. The hour in Arabic is saaʿa, and the same word means a wristwatch — you have seen them
- الساعة متأخرةас-сааʿа мутаʾаххираit is already lateLiterally "the hour is running late": the same family as ataʾakhkhar — I am late. In the evening in Arab towns this phrase is care, not hurry: "go, it is already late"
- في البدايةфи аль-бидяаяat firstThe familiar bidyaaya, a beginning, under a preposition: "in the beginning". You already know "firstly" — that one is about the order of arguments, this one about the course of the story
- ثمсуммаthenOne short word with a shadda inside: thumma. It stands between two actions and binds them tighter than the "and" — "drank coffee, then left"
- بعد ذلكбаʿд зааликafter thatLiterally "after that": the familiar baʿd plus the demonstrative. It opens the second action of the story and likes to be the first word after the comma
- أخيراахииранfinallyFrom "the last": the same adverb pattern as in "firstly" and "secondly" — beginning, middle, end. It carries relief: what was awaited has finally happened
- بينماбайнямааwhileLiterally "in the meantime that": the root bayn, "between" — the same as in "between us". It joins two parallel actions, and no comma is needed before it
- في نفس الوقتфи нафс аль-вактat the same timeLiterally "in the same time": the familiar nafs, "the very same", from "the same price". Arabic will not hide two actions in one: it sets them side by side and says "at the same time"
- قبل أنкябля аннbeforeLiterally "before that": the preposition qabla drags anna behind it. After it no future tense is used, even about tomorrow's business: "close it before you sleep" — present tense
- بعد أنбаʿд аннafterThe pair to "before that": the same anna, only with baʿd, "after". The action of the clause has already happened, so its verb stands in the past — Arabic is honest with time
- بمجرد أنби-муджаррад аннas soon asLiterally "with the stripped one": mujarrad is "bare", without additions, and "as soon as" for Arabic is at once, with no interval. The second half does not wait: "call me as soon as you arrive"
- منذ ذلك الحينмудху заалика ль-хиинsince thenLiterally "since that time": the familiar mundhu, "since", as in "for three days now", plus the pointer to that very hour. It stands at the start and leads a continuing action up to now
- دائماдаа-иманalwaysFrom daaʾim, "constant": the -an adverb pattern you already know. The usual place is after the verb; at the head of the phrase the word is set for emphasis: "always he is like that"
- كثيراкясииранoftenThe adverb of kathiir, "much": often for Arabic is "multiply". The action after it is already named, and the whole frequency fits into one word with a long ii
- نادراнаадиянrarelyThe pair to "often": from naadir, "rare, precious". Naadiyan means "on rare days", and it is said with a slight regret: we rarely visit, rarely call
- أحياناахьяянанsometimesThe plural of ahyaan, "times": sometimes for Arabic is "in some of the times". It stands anywhere and demands nothing: the least obligatory adverb of the language
- أبداабаданneverFrom "eternity": never for Arabic is "forever not". The double negation is obligatory: laa ashrab abadan — "I never drink" — without the laa the phrase breaks
- في العادةфи ль-аадаusuallyLiterally "in the habit": aada is custom, the same word as in the customs of a festival. Beside it lives the adverb ʿaadatan, of the same -an pattern — but in speech it is usually fi-l-ʿaada after all
- طويلاтавиилянfor a long timeThe adverb of tawiil, "long": for a long time for Arabic is "longly" in time. It stands after the verb — "to wait long" — and only the verb tells it from the long road
- كل مرةкуль марраevery timeLiterally "every time": the familiar kull and marra from "twice a day". With anna it becomes the conjunction "every time that" — and Arabic needs no comma before the anna
- من وقت لآخرмин вакт ли-аахарfrom time to timeLiterally "from a time to another": three prepositions and three words, all familiar. li-aakhar, "to another", reads as one — and the whole phrase is one card in the deck
- حتى الآنхатта ль-аанso farLiterally "until this moment": the familiar al-aan, "now", from "I will come right now". Hatta is the preposition "until", the same as in "until ten": a limit, not a continuation
- فجأةфаджʾатанsuddenlyFrom fujaaʾ, "suddenness": the -an adverb pattern holds this whole wave. It stands at the head of the story and turns the plot: everything was quiet — suddenly
- مسبقاмусбаканin advanceThe adverb of musbaq, "going ahead": in advance for Arabic is "being earlier". It follows the verb — "booked in advance" — and the same word waits at the end of letters instead of "thanks in advance"
- في الموعدфи ль-мавиидon timeLiterally "in the appointed time": mawiid is the appointed time, the familiar root from the payment deadline. On time for Arabic is "in the appointed hour", not "did not delay": lateness has its own word
- على عجلаля аджаляurgentlyLiterally "on haste": ajal is hurry, and urgently for Arabic is "in haste". The turn stands at the end of the request: "I need a doctor — urgently"
- فوراфавранimmediatelyFrom fawr, "an instant": immediately for Arabic is "in one instant". Stronger than a plain "quickly": after fawran the action has already begun
- تدريجياтадариджиййанgraduallyFrom daraj, "a step": gradually for Arabic is "by steps" — the very image you know. The two long ii in a row stretch out: the word itself sounds like a staircase
- في اللحظة الأخيرةфи аль-ляхза аль-ахиираat the last momentLiterally "in the last instant": lahza is an instant, and a feminine one in Arabic. Usually it stands at the end of the phrase; if it comes first, the story has already warned you of the rush
- عاجلا أم آجلاааджиян ам ааджиянsooner or laterLiterally "in haste or without haste": aajil is "hurrying", and the pair hangs on the contrast of one letter. A consoling formula: it is said about what will certainly happen
- مرة واحدةмарра ваахидаonceLiterally "one time": marra, "a time", works in "every time" too. Fairy tales begin with it: marra waahida — once upon a time
- في الطفولةфи ат-туфууляin childhoodChildhood, at-tufuula, was a line above; "in childhood" is the same article after fi. "In youth" and "in old age" are built the same: preposition plus a state
- في تلك الأيامфи тилька аль-айяамin those daysTilka, "that one for the far away", makes time far too. Ayyaam, "days", is the plural of yawm: in those days. One also says it shorter — "back then"
- كان ذلك منذ زمن طويلкяна заалик мунзу заман тавиильit was long agoLiterally "that was since a long time": mundhu, "since", was in "since then". "Long ago" for Arabic is time with length: tawiil, "long"
- أول مرةаувваль марраthe first timeAll familiar: awwal, "first", marra, "a time". Arabic demands no "for": "first time" is exactly that
- المستقبلаль-мустакбальthe futureFrom istaqbala, "to receive": the future is what will come and be "received". The future tense of the verb carries the same word: al-mustaqbal
- الماضيаль-маадиthe pastMaadi comes from madaa, "to pass": the past is what "has passed". The past tense is al-maadi too: grammar and life share the word. The future, mustaqbal, is its pair
- خطط المستقبل القريبхатат аль-мустакбаль аль-гариибplans for the near futureLiterally "plans of the near future": where you say "upcoming", Arabic unrolls "plans for the near future". Khutat is the plural of khutta, "a plan"
- بعد سنةбаада санаin a yearThe "in" of future time Arabic gives through baʿd, "after": in a year is "after a year". The same preposition works in "after lunch"
- على الدوامаля ад-даваамconstantlyDawaam, "duration", comes from the work that has no end, familiar from "full-time". "On the duration" — ʿala ad-dawaam — is exactly "constantly"
- مؤقتاмуʾаккатанtemporarilyFrom waqqa ta, "to set a term": muʾaqqatan is "for an appointed term". The temporary one, muʾaqqat, is he whose term is set; he has no endless term
- وقت مناسبвакт мунаасибa convenient timeAll familiar: waqt, "time", and munaasib, "suitable", from "the right size". A convenient time is not "found" — it is "sought": bahhasa ʿan waqt munaasib
- يحدد الموعدйюхаддид аль-мавиидto set the timeHaddada, "to mark boundaries": the time is not "appointed" but "outlined". Mawʿid, "the appointed meeting", was at the doctor's; here it gets outlined
- بعد الظهرбаʿд аз-зухрin the afternoonLiterally "after noon": az-zuhr, "noon", is one word where other languages take five. "In the afternoon" Arabic squeezes to "after the zenith"
- قرب المساءкараб аль-масааtoward eveningQurb, "nearness", was in "by the window"; here it is about time: toward evening. Time in Arabic moves spatially: the evening "draws near", like a house
- في أي وقتфи аййи вактany timeThe same turn as in "anywhere": ayy, "any", you had. One may call fi ayyi waqt — at any time — and no ceremony is needed
- ليس قبل الخامسةляйса кябля аль-хаамисаnot before fiveThe hour is an ordinal with the article: al-khaamisa, "the fifth". The word "o'clock" is dropped: "the fifth" already means five o'clock. Laysa, "is not", is the negation you met in "I am not"
- سأصل في الموعدса-асиль фи ль-мавиидI will be on timeLiterally "I will arrive at the appointed time": asilu, "I arrive", comes from wusuul, "arrival". "I will be on time" Arabic says about arriving, not about being
- إلى أنиля аннuntilLiterally "up to the point that": until is the boundary of the action. To wait ilaa ann — right up to the arrival
- قرنкурнa centuryRead with a deep k: qarn. In the plural — quruun; do not confuse with the word for the holy book — a different root
- حقبةхикбаan eraA stretch of time bigger than a period: "a new era". Beside it lives the word for "the afternoon" — that one you know
- عشر سنواتʿашр санааваатa decadeLiterally "ten years": so Arabic counts a decade. The bookish word went over to the marriage contract, so the course takes the honest count
- فترةфитраa periodA stretch with a beginning and an end: "a short period". It lives in "the trial period"
- لحظةляхаa momentA moment one can count: "one moment". In the plural — "moments"
- ممتدмумтаддlong-lasting"What stretches": a road is long-stretching, and so is a vacation. From "to stretch"; the term in time is another word you already have
- في الأيام الأخيرةфи ль-аййаам аль-ахийраthe other dayLiterally "in the last days": of the recent past. About the future Arabic says "in the coming days"
- في يومنا هذاфи йаумина хазаnowadaysLiterally "in our day": nowadays, in our time. The "our" pronoun has glued itself to "day" right in the writing
- منذ القدمминз аль-кадамsince time immemorialLiterally "since the olden": "olden" — hence also "old". The preposition "since" answers "since when"
- في دقائق معدودةфи дагааʾик маʿдуудаwithin minutesLiterally "in counted minutes": so one speaks of speed. "Minutes" is the plural of "a minute"
- معاصرмуʿаасырcontemporaryLiterally "of the same time with": a contemporary and contemporary at once. "New" is simply new; this one is of our era
- عتيقʿатиикancientOld with centuries behind it: "an ancient city". The plain "old" carries no shade of millennia
- الأيام الخواليаль-аййаам аль-хаваалиthe old daysLiterally "the days of the bygone": the old days. Half of Arab fairy tales begin so
- من حين لآخرмин хинн ли-аахирnow and thenLiterally "from a time to a time": now and then, from time to time. Three words, and all are familiar by ear
- يومياйаумийянdailyFrom "day": daily. In schedules and notices stands exactly this word, not "every day"
- بانتظامби-интизамregularlyLiterally "in order, without faults": from "order". "Regular" — so one speaks of transport and of sleep
- لأول مرةли-аувваль марраfor the first timeLiterally "for the first time". All the words are yours: "first", "a time"; the article after a vowel-taking preposition
- من جديدмин джадиидanewLiterally "from new": afresh, anew. Beside it lives "again" — simpler and shorter
- أكثر فأكثرактар фа-актарmore and moreLiterally "more and more": more and more often, stronger and stronger. The scheme works with any comparison — "more and more"
- في أيام الأسبوعфи аййаам аль-усбууʿon weekdaysLiterally "in the days of the week": weekdays, not weekends. The weekend is "the week's end"
- بالتناوبби-т-танаубevery other timeLiterally "alternately": every other time, by turns. From "alternation" — so one speaks of duties too
- مرة في السنةмарра фи ас-санаonce a yearFrequency through "in": "once a year", "twice a week". Change only the term
- مرارا وتكراراмарааран ва-такраранagain and againLiterally "by repetitions and by repeats": again and again, time after time. Both words carry the same adverb tail; Arabic loves such pairs
- في هذه الأثناءфи хазихи аль-аснааʾmeanwhileLiterally "in these times": meanwhile. A bit long, but there is no other way to say it in standard Arabic
- بالتوازيби-т-тауаазиin parallelLiterally "by the parallel": of lines and of businesses alike. A modern word — so one speaks of working on two projects at once
- حتى ذلك الحينхатта залика аль-хиннuntil thenLiterally "until that time": until then. "A time, a moment" — and "until" you know as "until and even"
- في وقت لاحقфи вакт ляхикlater onLiterally "in a later time": later on. Shorter — just "later", a word you know
- عشيةʿашийяon the eveA short word: the eve, the evening before the day. "The eve of the feast" — on that evening the food is prepared
- من الآن فصاعداмин аль-аан фа-саадинhenceforthLiterally "from now and onward": henceforth, from now on. A formal word of announcements: it stands in rules and contracts
- هذه المرةхаазихи аль-марраthis timeLiterally "this time": this time. Its pair is "last time"
- في الوقت المناسبфи ль-вакт аль-мунаасибtimelyLiterally "in the suitable time": on time, timely. "Suitable" — a participle of "to fit the business"
- بأثر رجعيби-асар раджиийretroactivelyLiterally "with a backward trace": retroactively, with retroactive force. A word of documents, but in news about prices and taxes it sounds constantly
- دون تأخيرдун танхийрwithout delayLiterally "without a putting-off": without delay. "Without" — a preposition; after it the word stands bare, no article
- فبرايرфибраайирFebruaryIt comes right after yanaayir — January — which you know. All the months here are Latin in origin and written with a small letter
- مارسмарисMarchFrom the Roman god Mars, like the month in many European languages. Together with yanaayir and fibraayir it gathers the first third of the year
- أبريلабрильAprilThe same root as the April of Europe: the word settled all around the Mediterranean. The April rain here is the familiar mataar
- مايوмайуMayFirst mayu, then yuuniyu, then the familiar yuulyu — three months of the summer row in a line. Do not mix up the tails: -yu and -u
- يونيوйунийуJuneIt differs from July’s yuulyu by one letter in the middle, and mixing them up is expensive: one is June, the other July. On tickets the months are often written as a number
- أغسطسугустусAugustThe longest name in the row: ughustus. It follows yuulyu at once and carries everyone to the sea — August in Arab countries is the vacation season
- سبتمبرсибтамбирSeptemberIt opens the -bar trio: sibtambar, uktobar, nufambar. The school year in Arab countries starts with it — the heat is only beginning to give in
- أكتوبرуктобарOctoberThe middle of the -bar trio: the rhyme holds the row when the names are already forgotten. By it the weather turns mild and the streets fill again
- نوفمبرнофамбирNovemberThe month of rains on the eastern Mediterranean: the familiar mataar is a frequent guest here. After it the -bar row will close with Disambar
- ديسمبرдисамбирDecemberIt closes both the year and the -bar row. The winter shittaa is mild in December: snow in most Arab countries is an event people talk about
- سنةсанаyearThe base word for a year; in age an Arab says ʿaam: ʿishruun ʿaaman — twenty years. The familiar raʾs as-sana, New Year, rests on sana
- أربع وعشرون ساعةарбаʿ ва-ʿишруун сааʿаa day (24 hours)Arabic built no separate word: arbaʿ wa-ʿishruun saaʿa is literally "four and twenty hours". The units come before the tens — the reverse of the English order
- مئة عامмиʾа ʿаамcenturyQarn — a century: a hundred years in one word. Of a very old man they will say: his age is a qarn
- دقيقةдакиикаminuteThe number stands before it: sittuun daqiiqa — sixty minutes. The "moment" of "wait a moment" is another word, lahza, and it is not a minute
- ثانيةсаанияsecond (time)Written like "second" the ordinal: saania is both. The meaning and the place in the sentence tell them apart. One second is saania waahida
- نصف ساعةнисф сааʿаhalf an hourLiterally "a half of an hour": the familiar nisf plus saaʿa. Written as two words, measured as one stretch of time
- الظهرаз-захрnoonThe same word as zahr — the back: noon is when the sun tips over its highest point. The familiar backpack, haqiibat az-zahr, holds the same "back"
- منتصف الليلмунтасаф аль-лайлmidnightLiterally "the middle of the night": muntasaf has hooked onto the familiar layl. The night divides in two, and midnight is its middle
- الآنаль-аанnowYou have met it in "I am coming now". Now the word stands alone: al-aan goes first or last, the sentence does not care
- أجلаджальdeadlineA word from papers and listings: the payment deadline, the visa deadline. Ajal is the far edge by which the thing must happen
- التاليат-таалиnext"The one coming after". The article is obligatory: the next one is always defined, there is only one of it
- السابقас-саабикlast"The one ahead of the rest", that is, the previous one. Al-maadi — the past — you know as time in general; as-saabiq is about a thing: last station, last time
- يتأخر عن الموعدйятаʾаххар ʿан аль-мауʿидto be lateThe same verb you know as "to fall behind": fallen behind the appointed hour — late. Mawʿid is the appointed time; it was in the doctor lessons already
- يصل في الوقتйасиль фи аль-ваактto make it in timeLiterally "arrives in the time". The familiar verb "to arrive" plus "time" — nothing else is needed
- مرة أخرىмарра ухраagainLiterally "a time another". The familiar marra — a time — plus "another": an Arab counts repeats the way one counts things
- قريباкарибанsoonFrom the familiar "close": an event is close in time the same way a building is close down the street
- قديماкадииманlong agoFrom the familiar "old": long ago, in old times. About the distant past that is already over
- حديثاхадисанrecentlyFrom hadith — talk and news: what has just happened still sounds like news
- متأخراмутаʾаххиранlateFrom the same root as the familiar "to be late": late is somebody’s being late
- مبكراмубаккиранearlyLiterally "making early": one who gets up early moves the morning closer by oneself
- بسرعةби-с-сурʿаquicklyLiterally "with speed". The preposition bi- is the Arabic adverb maker: this is how "quickly" and hundreds of others are built
- بسهولةби-с-сухууляeasilyLiterally "with ease". The familiar pair bi-suʿuuba — with difficulty — stands on the other side
- للتوли-ль-тауjust nowLiterally "until now": the moment is still warm, it was just here
- صباحاсабааханin the morningThe partner of the familiar sabah — morning: with the time ending the word answers "when" and moves to the end of the phrase. The same formula builds naharan and laylan
- نهاراнахааранin the daytimeFrom nahaar — the daylight hours, day without night. One word for "in the daytime": the same nahaar with the time ending
- في المساءфи аль-масааʾin the eveningYou know masaaʾ — evening — already, so "in the evening" is simply "in the evening-of": the preposition fi plus the time. This is how Arabic says what English does with a suffix
- ليلاлайлянat nightThe same layl — night — with the time ending: at night. You have said it in "good night" already; now it is about the time when something happens
- كل يومкуль йаумevery dayBoth words are old friends: kull — each, yawm — day. Arabic does not decline them: "every morning" and "every year" are assembled the same way
- طوال اليومтавааль аль-йаумall dayTawaal is the whole length of: all day from start to finish. Kul yawm is about repetition day after day; tawaal al-yawm is about one day entire
- برهةбархаa momentThe close neighbours are taken: lahza is an instant, saania a second. Barha is a short stretch of time: wait a moment, I will be back
- ساعة حائطсааʿат хааитclock (the device)Saaʿa already covers the hour, so the device gets an appendage — the same move as "wall clock". Haait is the wall of a room; outside, the house is hugged by jidaar
- كم الساعةкам ас-сааʿаwhat time is it?Literally "how much [is] the hour?": both words are known. The answer is expected from saaʿa — the very "hour" of the first lessons
- في أي وقتфи аййи вактsometimeFi aqrab waqt — as soon as possible — you have met; here the same waqt with ayy: at any time, whenever. In a question about the past the bare mataa is enough
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How it sounds in a sentence
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- كم الساعة؟кам ас-сааʿа؟What time is it?
- اليوم يوم جميلаль-йаум йаум джамильToday is a beautiful day
- اليوم أنا بخيرаль-йаум ана би-хейрToday I am fine
- غدا إلى السوقгадан иля ас-суукTomorrow to the market
- أمس وغداамс ва-гаданYesterday and tomorrow
- في الصباح أشرب القهوةфи ас-сабаах ашруб аль-кахваIn the morning I drink coffee
What is worth knowing about these words
ساعة (сааʿа) — hour. Both the unit of time and the device: a wristwatch is also saaʿa. Kam as-saaʿa? — what time is it?
يوم (йаум) — day. The same yawm as in the Quran’s "day of judgement". The days of the week are counted "first", "second"… after Friday.
اليوم (аль-йаум) — today. Literally "the day". The article has glued on for good, and the phrase has become one adverb.
غدا (гадан) — tomorrow. The gh is the gargled one (غ), close to the French r; the sound stretches, and in speech the word comes out ghaadan.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “hour” in Arabic?
Both the unit of time and the device: a wristwatch is also saaʿa. Kam as-saaʿa? — what time is it?
- How do you say “night” in Arabic?
The same word as in "A Thousand and One Nights". Layla — "a night" with the ta marbuta — is a woman’s name from the same source
- How do you say “at first” in Arabic?
The familiar bidyaaya, a beginning, under a preposition: "in the beginning". You already know "firstly" — that one is about the order of arguments, this one about the course of the story
- How do you say “after” in Arabic?
The pair to "before that": the same anna, only with baʿd, "after". The action of the clause has already happened, so its verb stands in the past — Arabic is honest with time
- How do you say “never” in Arabic?
From "eternity": never for Arabic is "forever not". The double negation is obligatory: laa ashrab abadan — "I never drink" — without the laa the phrase breaks
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “hour” in Arabic?
«ساعة», read “сааʿа”. Both the unit of time and the device: a wristwatch is also saaʿa. Kam as-saaʿa? — what time is it? It is one of 137 words in the set “time, days and hours” — the rest are in the table above.
How many time words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 137 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.