Hungarian

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Etymology

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ugyan +‎ is

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈuɟɒniʃ]
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  • Hyphenation: ugyan‧is
  • Rhymes: -iʃ

Conjunction

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ugyanis

  1. as, because (usually if wanting to draw attention to the cause, e.g. because it is surprising)

Derived terms

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  • ui. (abbreviation)

Further reading

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  • ugyanis in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN