half past
UK/ˈhɑːf ˌpɑːst/US/ˈhæf ˌpæst/
half past noun: thirty minutes past any hour.
Noun
half past (uncountable)
half past meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
half past in Hindi
- "half past one" as example of usage in other languages
- डेढ़ बजा ḍeṛh bajā, ढाई बजे ḍhāī baje, साढ़े sāṛhe
half past in Tamil
- கடிகாரத்தில் அரைமணி காட்டும் சமயம்
half past in Urdu
- "half past one" as example of usage in other languages
- دیڑھ بجا ḍeṛh bajā, ڈھائی بجے ḍhāī baje, ساڑھے sāṛhe
half past in Bengali
- "half past one" as example of usage in other languages
- দেড়টা বাজে deṛoṭa baje, আড়াইটা বাজে aṛaiṭa baje, সাড়ে śaṛe
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- half past in Gujarati
- સાડા sāḍā
- half past in Arabic
- السَّاعَة وَالنِّصْف as-sāʕa wa-n-niṣf, السَّاعَة الْوَاحِدَة وَالنِّصْف as-sāʕa l-wāḥida wa-n-niṣf
- half past in Indonesian
- setengah dua
- half past in Persian
- ساعت یک و نیم sâ'at yek o nim
- half past in Vietnamese
- rưỡi
Questions about half past
- What does half past mean?
- Half past means thirty minutes past any hour.
- What is half past in Hindi?
- Half past in Hindi is डेढ़ बजा (ḍeṛh bajā), ढाई बजे (ḍhāī baje), साढ़े (sāṛhe). See Half past meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is half past?
- Half past is a noun.
- How do you pronounce half past?
- Half past is pronounced /ˈhɑːf ˌpɑːst/ (UK).
Words near half past in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: half past (page history and authors); half past (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સાડા (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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