why; for what reason
eş: weshalb, wieso, weswegen, wozu
köken: From Middle High German warumme, war umme, warumbe, war umbe, from Old High German wār umbe. Equivalent to wo (“where”) + um (“in order to, for the purpose of”), thus “for what purpose”. Doublet of worum, but with the older vocalism preserved. Compare Dutch waarom, which has both meanings.
aile: irgendwarum
🔊 Warum ist die Banane krumm?
from where; whence; from which place or source · hence
köken: Contraction of de (“from, of”) + où (“where”). Compare Italian dove, Old Spanish do.
why, how come
köken: Literally, “how [is it] ever... ?”.
🔊 Come mai non sei venuto alla festa?
why? (from what cause)
eş: почему, вследствие чего, поэтому
köken: Univerbation of the preposition от (ot, “from, out of”) + чего́ (čevó), genitive singular of что (što).
🔊 برای چه به این نرم افزار نیاز دارید؟
reason, motive
çekim: çoğul niyələr · tamlayan niyəin
köken: From Proto-Turkic. Cognate with Crimean Tatar nege, Tatar нигә (nigä), Bashkir ниңә (niñə), Uyghur نەگە (nege).
🔊 Axı niyə həmişə bu cür olmalıdır?
🔊 Niyə bu qədər ciddisən?
why?, for what reason?
🔊 Сеймал иҡтисады ни өсөн яман?
🔊 Ни өсөн Рәсәйҙә ҡоймаларҙы таҡтанан, ә мебелде ағас онтағынан эшләйҙәр икән?
🔊 Ә һеҙ ни өсөн үҙегеҙҙең йолаларығыҙ хаҡына Алла әмерен боҙаһығыҙ? ― тип ҡаршы төштө Ғайса.
why, because of what · pronominal adverb form of om + wat
eş: hoezo, waardoor, waartoe
köken: From Middle Dutch waeromme. Equivalent to a univerbation of waar + om. Compare German warum.
🔊 Waarom ben je zo laat thuisgekomen?
🔊 Ik begrijp niet waarom ze boos is.
🔊 Kun je me uitleggen waarom je dat besluit hebt genomen?
ερωτηματικό μόριο που αναφέρεται στον λόγο, την αιτία ή τον σκοπό μιας πράξης
köken: From για (gia, “for”) + τί (tí, “what”). Compare similar constructions in the Romance languages: Italian perché, Spanish por qué, French pourquoi.
🔊 Γιατί είσαι εδώ;
🔊 Ξέρεις γιατί δεν ήρθαν;
why, for what reason, what for · how, in what way
how come
🔊 Hur kommer det sig att du inte gjort dina läxor än?
dlaczego, po co
eş: gw. (Górny Śląsk) czamu
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čemu, dative of *čьto.
aile: dlaczemu, dlaczemuż
alternative form of чому́ (čomú): why
🔊 Гей, коза́че, ти мій коза́че Чом се́рце пла́че, мов немовля́?
pronunciation spelling of क्यों (kyõ)
why (for what cause, reason, or purpose)
köken: Translative singular of mikä.
🔊 miksiköhän
🔊 Miksi taivas on sininen?
🔊 Miksi teit sen?
jaký je důvod, že; jak je možné, že
eş: proč
how come
köken: From cum (“how”) + de (possibly translatable as “if”).
how come
köken: hogy (“how”) + hogy (“that”)
🔊 Hogyhogy itt vagy te is?
why, for what reason · for which reason · the reason for which
çekim: çoğul לָמוֹת
eş: למה זה, מדוע
köken: Compare Arabic لما.
aile: למה זה
🔊 למה אתה לא מסדר את החדר שלך?
🔊 זו הסיבה למה יצאתי מהתחום הזה.
🔊 אני מבינה למה הם זועמים עליה.