- (dialect) зашчо́ (zaščó)
- (dialect and archaic) зачто́ (začtó)
за (za, “for”) + що (što, “what”). Compare English what for.
защо́ • (zaštó) (not comparable)
- why (for what reason)
Защо́ не ста́ваш?- Zaštó ne stávaš?
- Why are you not getting up?
- “защо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “защо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010