melainkan

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay melainkan, from Classical Malay melainkan. Equivalent to lain +‎ meng- -kan.

Pronunciation

Verb

melainkan (passive dilainkan)

  1. to differentiate
  2. to alienate, to segregate, to separate

Conjunction

melainkan

  1. but rather
    • 2014, Alwi Alatas, Shalahuddin Al-Ayyubi dan Perang Salib III , Zikrul Hakim, page 230:
      Tampaknya Shalahuddin mengetahui bahwa kelompok Assassin tidak bertindak sendiri, melainkan atas permintaan lawan-lawan Shalahuddin di Aleppo dan Mosul.
      Apparently Saladin knew that the Assassins didn't act alone , but rather upon Saladin's competitors' request at Aleppo and Mosul.
  2. only, except