But

"But" in Arabic

أما

ʔamma

(rather)

إلا

illa

(except)

إِلَّا

ʔillā

(except)

بس

bas

(although)

بس

bass

(although)

بس

bas

(rather)

بس

bass

(rather)

بسّ

bass

(although)

بسّ

bass

(rather)

بَلْ

bal

(although)

بَلْ

bal

(rather)

سِوًى

siwan

(except)

لكن

laken

(although)

لكن

lākin

(although)

لكن

lāken

(although)

لكن

lākin

(rather)

لكن

lāken

(rather)

لٰكِن

lākin

(although)

لٰكِن

lākin

(rather)

لٰكِنَّ

lākinna

(although)

مَا عَدَا

mā ʕadā

(except)

ولكن

wa-lakin

(rather)

وَلٰكِن

wa-lākin

(although)

وَلٰكِنَّ

wa-lākinna

(although)

وَلٰكِنْ

wa-lākin

(rather)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.