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परंतु, पण
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But,prep.
अन्य, इतर, ऋते with abl. विना; विहाय, मुक्त्वा (acc.). -adv.एव, केवलं, मात्रं. -conj.तु, पुनः, (not at beginning); in ‘not only but’ अपि takes the place of ‘but’;न केवलं रूपे शिल्पेप्यद्वितीया मालविका (M. 2); ‘b. for’ (=if it were not) यदि न; ‘all b.’ See
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Almost; ‘next b. one’
एकांतरa.
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BUT , conj.
(As an adversative) किन्तु, तु, परन्तु, पुनर्, अथवा. —
(Except) ऋते with abl., विना with acc. or inst., अन्यः with abl.; as,
‘any one but the father,’ पितुर् अन्यः. —
(But for, without) व्यतिरेकेण, अन्तरेण, विना; as,
‘but for sin every thing flourishes,’ पापं विना सर्व्वं फलति. —
(But yet, howbeit) तथापि. —
(Only) केवलं, मात्रं. —
(All but) अल्पोनः -ना -नं, ईषदूनः-ना -नं;
‘next but one,’ एकान्तरः -रा -रं. —
(If it were not, unless) यदि न. —
(Moreover) किञ्च, अपरञ्च, अधिकन्तु. —
(On the other hand) पुनर्. —
(Otherwise than) अन्यथा with abl.
‘But’ may often be omitted in Sanskrit, or expressed by another form of sentence; as,
‘he will not gain his end but by doing that,’ तद् अकृत्वा प्राप्तार्थो न भविष्यति;
‘I do not doubt but I am to blame,’ सापराधोऽस्मि इति न संशयः;
‘but a short time since,’ न चिरात्;
‘there is none but fears him,’ सर्व्वे तस्माद् बिभ्यति;
‘she does nothing but grieve,’ सा निरन्तरं शोचति; “who but a child weeps,” को रोदित्य्अबालिशः.
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