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