ساعة

العربية

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ساعة

/saː.ʕa/

Where it comes from

According to Nöldeke, Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa) and Ge'ez ሰዓት (säʿat), ሳዐት (saʿät) are borrowed from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא / ܫܳܥܬܳܐ (šāʿəṯā). Leslau does not dispute this. Compare Hebrew שָׁעָה (šāʿā́) and Mehri سات.

noun سَاعَة · sāʕa · سَاعَات · سَاع · السَّاعَة

hour (unit of time)
short time, a while فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
timepiece, clock, watch
with the definite article judgement day يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا

In English

hour time period of sixty minutes
clock instrument to measure or keep track of time
watch portable or wearable timepiece
canonical hour prayers

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"ساعة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ساعة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}