зашто in Serbo-Croatian

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{
  "etymology_text": "Literally “for what”, from за (“for”) + што̏ (“what”). For the conjunction compare зато што.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "за̏што",
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    },
    {
      "form": "zȁšto",
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  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "за‧што"
  ],
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "english": "why not?",
          "text": "зашто не?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "why so? why is that?",
          "text": "зашто то?",
          "type": "example"
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        "why, what for"
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        ]
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        {
          "sense": "why",
          "word": "што̏"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/zâʃto/"
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  "word": "зашто"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally “for what”, from за (“for”) + што̏ (“what”). For the conjunction compare зато што.",
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    {
      "form": "за̏што",
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        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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    "за‧што"
  ],
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        "because"
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          "because"
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        "(archaic) because"
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "зашто"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Literally “for what”, from за (“for”) + што̏ (“what”). For the conjunction compare зато што.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "за̏што",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "english": "why not?",
          "text": "зашто не?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "why so? why is that?",
          "text": "зашто то?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "why, what for"
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          "why"
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          "what for",
          "what for"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "why",
      "word": "што̏"
    }
  ],
  "word": "зашто"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Literally “for what”, from за (“for”) + што̏ (“what”). For the conjunction compare зато што.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "за̏што",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
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        "because"
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        "(archaic) because"
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"зашто" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

Conjunction