ثانية

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ثانية

/θaː.ni.ja/
/ˈθɑːnjə/ Kuwait

Where it comes from

Compare ثَنَى (ṯanā, “to double, to fold, to bend”), اِثْنَان (iṯnān, “two”).

The terms دَقِيقة (daqīqa, “minute”) and ثانِية (ṯāniya, “second”) are literally equivalent to Medieval Latin minūta and secunda, which is obviously not coincidental. The exact history of these terms is complicated, but the Arabo-Islamic influence is usually considered greater. Al-Biruni is credited with first having used the measures in the modern sense based on the Ancient Greek division of the circle.

noun ثَانِيَة · ṯāniya · ثَوَانِي · الثَّانِيَة

second (unit of time) إِنَّ مَسِيرَ الشَّمْسِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَخَمْسِينَ دَقِيقَةً، وَمَسِيرُ أَوْجِ الْقَمَرِ سَبْعُ دَقَائِقَ، وَمَسِيرُ رَأْسِ التِّنِّينِ، وَهُوَ الْجَوْزَهَرُ، ثَلَاثُ دَقَائِقَ، وَمَسِيرُ زُحَلَ دَقِيقَتَانِ، وَمَسِيرُ الْمُشْتَرِي خَمْسُ دَقَائِقَ، وَمَسِيرُ الْمِرِّيخِ إِحْدَى وَ

adjective ثَانِيَة · ṯāniya

feminine, singular feminine singular of ثَانٍ (ṯānin)

In English

second one-sixtieth of a minute; SI unit of time
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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ثانية},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}