Where does “bukan” come from?

bukan (Indonesian) comes from Malay bukan, from Classical Malay bukan.

bukan (Indonesian): no; not

Definitions

  1. no; not

Ancestry of “bukan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybukanno; not; isn't it?
2Classical Malaybukan—

Words derived from “bukan”

Every word from Classical Malay bukan →Every word from Malay bukan →