zašto

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zâʃto/
Hyphenation: za‧što

Adverb

zȁšto (Cyrillic spelling за̏што)

why, what for
Synonym: štȍ

zašto (da) ne? ― why not?

zašto to? ― why so? why is that?

Conjunction

zȁšto (Cyrillic spelling за̏што)

(archaic) because
Synonym: zàtō

Synonyms

(Croatia) zakaj, zač

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