melainkan

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -kan

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 [Saladin and The Third Crusade], 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 [as their own will], but rather upon Saladin's competitors' request at Aleppo and Mosul.

2. only, except