Time / Wa9t


To facilitate time telling Tunisians use the term "Draj" which stands for 5 minutes. In other words the clock is divided into 12 Draj.



Hours:

Instead of using the term PM or AM to refer to what part of the day it is. Tunisians use night, morning, noon and afternoon. So it also depends on the season.

Time Clock
00h Nosf-el-lil
01h Madhi-Sa3a-mta3-el-lil
02h El-Sa3tin-mta3-el-lil
Madhi-Sa3tin-mta3-el-lil
03h El-Thlatha-mta3-el-lil / El-Thlatha-mta3-el-sbe7
04h El-Arb3a-mta3-el-sbe7
05h El-5amsa-mta3-el-sbe7
06h El-Setta-mta3-el-sbe7
07h El-Sab3a-mta3-el-sbe7
08h El-Thmanya-mta3-el-sbe7
09h El-Tes3a-mta3-el-sbe7
10h El-3achra-mta3-el-sbe7
11h El-7dech-mta3-el-sbe7
12h Nosf-el-nhar
13h Madhi-Sa3a-mta3-el-9ayla
14h El-Sa3tin-mta3-el-9ayla / El-Sa3tin-mta3-el-3chiya
Madhi-Sa3tin-mta3-el-9ayla / Madhi-Sa3tin-mta3-el-3chiya
15h El-Thlatha-mta3-el-3chiya
16h El-Arb3a-mta3-el-3chiya
17h El-5amsa-mta3-el-3chiya
18h El-Setta-mta3-el-3chiya
19h El-Sab3a-mta3-el-3chiya / El-Sab3a-mta3-el-lil
20h El-Thmanya-mta3-el-lil
21h El-Tes3a-mta3-el-lil
22h El-3achra-mta3-el-lil
23h El-7dech-mta3-el-lil

Minutes:


Time Clock
el-setta

6:00
el-setta-w-draj

6:05
el-setta-w-darjin

6:10
el-setta-w-rbo3

6:15
el-setta-w-arb3a

6:20
el-setta-w-5amsa

6:25
el-setta-w-nosf

6:30
el-setta-w-sab3a

6:35
el-setta-8ir-arb3a

6:40
el-setta-8ir-rbo3

6:45
el-setta-8ir-darjin

6:50
el-setta-8ir-draj

6:55
el-sab3a

7:00

Time accuracy terms:


Time Clock
el-sab3a-pile[1]

7:00
el-setta-w-arb3a-5arej[2]

7:21
el-setta-w-5amsa-may7arrarch[3]

6:24

[1] pile : Term used to express that the times is exact.

[2] 5arej : Term used to express 1~3 extra minutes to the number of draj.

[3] may7arrarch : A term used to express that there is still 1~3 minutes left until the prementioned time.