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)

1. why, what for

   Synonym: štȍ

   zašto (da) ne? ― why not?

   zašto to? ― why so? why is that?

Conjunction

zȁšto (Cyrillic spelling за̏што)

1. (archaic) because

   Synonym: zàtō

Synonyms

• (Croatia) zakaj, zač