zašto

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Univerbation of za (“for”) +‎ što (“what”). For the conjunction compare zato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zâʃto/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: za‧što

Adverb

zȁšto (Cyrillic spelling за̏што)

  1. why, what for
    Synonym: štȍ
    zašto (da) ne? ― why not?
    zašto to? ― why so? why is that?

Conjunction

zȁšto (Cyrillic spelling за̏што)

  1. (archaic) because
    Synonym: zàtō

Synonyms

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