zašto

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Literally “for what”, from za (“for”) + štȍ (“what”). For the conjunction compare zato što.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

zȁšto (Cyrillic spelling за̏што)

why, what for
zašto (da) ne? — why not?

zašto to? — why so? why is that?

Synonyms

(why): štȍ

Conjunction

zȁšto (Cyrillic spelling за̏што)

(archaic) because

Synonyms

(Croatia) zakaj, zač
zàtō

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