why

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• /ˈwaɪ̯/
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• [ˈwaɪ̯]
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• US: wine-whine Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• UK: wine-whine Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-South-African: /ˈwaː/
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• Multicultural-London-English: /ˈwa̝ː/
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• /ˈʍaɪ̯/
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• [ˈʍaɪ̯] ~ [ˈw̥aɪ̯]
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• Scotland: /ˈʍae̯/
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• Scotland: [ˈʍae̯]
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• Southern-US: /ˈʍaː/
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• Southern-US: [ˈʍaː] ~ [ˈw̥aː]
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• rhymes with -aɪ
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• homophone: wye
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• homophone: Y
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• homophone: y (wine–whine merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: W AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH W AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwey, instrumental case of *kwís (“who”), *kwid (“what”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.

A variant of quey.

411 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ахьԥа (axjpa) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Abkhaz: иахьԥа (jaxjpa) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Afrikaans: waarom — (interrogative) for what reason
• Afrikaans: hoekom — (interrogative) for what reason
• Alabama: sáhmi — (interrogative) for what reason
• Albanian: pse — (interrogative) for what reason
• Albanian: përse — (interrogative) for what reason
• Southern Altai: нениҥ учун (neniŋ učun) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Southern Altai: не керек (ne kerek) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Southern Altai: кай (kay) — (interrogative) for what reason
• American Sign Language: OpenB@Sfhead Y@FromSfhead — (interrogative) for what reason
• Amharic: ለምን (lämn) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: لِمَاذَا (limāḏā) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: لِمَ (lima) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chadian Arabic: مالا (māla) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: ليه (lēh) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: لِيش (lēš) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: لِيش (lēš) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: ليه (lē) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: علاش (ʕlāš) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: علياش (ʕlayāš) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: علاه (ʕlāh) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: لاش (lāš) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: لاه (lāh) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: لِيش (lēš) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: ليه (lē) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Arabic: لِيش (lēš) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܡܵܐ (lemā) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܡܘܿܢ (lmōn) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ (qāmōdī) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܝ (qay) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Armenian: ինչու (inčʻu) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Armenian: խի (xi) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Armenian: հեր (her) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old Armenian: էր (ēr) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old Armenian: հիմ (him) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old Armenian: իմ (im) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old Armenian: ընդէր (əndēr) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old Armenian: էրում (ērum) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old Armenian: զի (zi) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old Armenian: զմէ (zmē) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Assamese: কিয় (kiy) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Assamese: কেলেই (kelei) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Assamese: কেলৈ (keloi) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Asturian: por qué — (interrogative) for what reason
• Azerbaijani: niyə — (interrogative) for what reason
• Azerbaijani: nə üçün — (interrogative) for what reason
• Bakhtiari: سیچی (sičē) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Bakhtiari: سیچه (sičē) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Bangi: boni — (interrogative) for what reason
• Bashkir: ни өсөн (ni ösön) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Bashkir: ниңә (niñə) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Basque: zergatik — (interrogative) for what reason
• Belarusian: чаму́ (čamú) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Bengali: কেন (keno) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Central Bikol: bakin — (interrogative) for what reason
• Central Bikol: nata — (interrogative) for what reason
• Central Bikol: tano — (interrogative) for what reason
• Central Bikol: hadaw — (interrogative) for what reason
• Breton: perak — (interrogative) for what reason
• Bulgarian: защо́ (zaštó) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Burmese: ဘာဖြစ်လို့ (bhahpraclui.) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Catalan: per què — (interrogative) for what reason
• Cebuano: ngano — (interrogative) for what reason
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⴰⵅ (max) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chechen: хӏунда (hunda) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Cherokee: ᎦᏙᏃ (gadono) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chichewa: chifukwa chiyani — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chickasaw: katimi ta — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Cantonese: 點解 /点解 (dim2 gaai2) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Cantonese: 為乜 /为乜 (wai6 mat1) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Cantonese: 做乜 (zou6 mat1) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Cantonese: 做乜嘢 — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Cantonese: 做咩 (zou6 me1) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese: виса (visa) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese: захуэй (zahuey) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Hakka Chinese: 做麼個 /做么个 (cho-mak-ke) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese: 物代 (mih-tāi) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese: 為甚物 /為什物 /为什物 (ūi-sím-mi̍h) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese: 為啥物 /为啥物 (ūi-sián-mih, ūi-sián-mi̍h, ūi-sián-mí) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese: 是按怎 (sī-án-chóan, sī-án-nóa, sī-án-ná) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese: 因何 (in-hô) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese: 為何 /为何 (zh-min-nan) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Mandarin: 為甚麼 /為什麼 /为什么 (wèishénme) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Mandarin: 怎麼 /怎么 (zěnme) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Mandarin: 為何 /为何 (wèihé) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Mandarin: 幹嗎 /幹嘛 (gànmá) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinese Mandarin: 為啥 /为啥 (wèishá) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Wu Chinese: 啥體 /啥体 — (interrogative) for what reason
• Wu Chinese: 為啥 /为啥 (6we-sa) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Xiang Chinese: 為麼子 /为么子 (uei5 mo3 zr) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Xiang Chinese: 何解 — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinook Jargon: pus-ikta — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chinook Jargon: kahta — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chukchi: иаʼм — (interrogative) for what reason
• Chuvash: мӗншӗн (mĕnš̬ĕn) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Cornish: prag — (interrogative) for what reason
• Crimean Tatar: ne içün — (interrogative) for what reason
• Crimean Tatar: ne sebepten — (interrogative) for what reason
• Czech: proč — (interrogative) for what reason
• Danish: hvorfor — (interrogative) for what reason
• Deccani: کئیکو — (interrogative) for what reason
• Dhivehi: ކީއްވެ (kīvve) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Dutch: waarom — (interrogative) for what reason
• Egyptian: ḥr zj jšst — (interrogative) for what reason
• Erzya: мекс (meks) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Erzya: мезекс (mezeks) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Erzya: мейс (mejs) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Esperanto: kial — (interrogative) for what reason
• Estonian: miks — (interrogative) for what reason
• Faroese: hví — (interrogative) for what reason
• Finnish: miksi — (interrogative) for what reason
• Finnish: mitä varten — (interrogative) for what reason
• Finnish: minkä tähden — (interrogative) for what reason
• Finnish: minkä vuoksi — (interrogative) for what reason
• French: pourquoi — (interrogative) for what reason
• Middle French: parquoy — (interrogative) for what reason
• West-Frisian: wêrom — (interrogative) for what reason
• Galician: por qué — (interrogative) for what reason
• Galician: e logo — (interrogative) for what reason
• Georgian: რატომ (raṭom) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Georgian: რისთვის (ristvis) — (interrogative) for what reason
• German: warum — (interrogative) for what reason
• German: wieso — (interrogative) for what reason
• German: weshalb — (interrogative) for what reason
• German: weswegen — (interrogative) for what reason
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐍈𐌴 (duƕē) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Greek: γιατί (giatí) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ancient Greek: τί (tí) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ancient Greek: διὰ τί (dià tí) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Greek: γιάντα (giánta) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Cypriot Greek: γιαείντα (giaeínta) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Greenlandic: sooq — (interrogative) for what reason
• Mbya Guarani: mba'e re — (interrogative) for what reason
• Hawaiian: aha — (interrogative) for what reason
• Hebrew: לָמָּה — (interrogative) for what reason
• Hebrew: לָמָה (láma) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Hebrew: מַדּוּעַ (madúa’) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Hiligaynon: ngaa — (interrogative) for what reason
• Hindi: क्यों (kyõ) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Hindi: क्यूँ (kyū̃) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Hungarian: miért — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ibanag: ngatta — (interrogative) for what reason
• Icelandic: hví — (interrogative) for what reason
• Icelandic: hvers vegna — (interrogative) for what reason
• Icelandic: af hverju — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ido: pro quo — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ilocano: apay — (interrogative) for what reason
• Indonesian: mengapa — (interrogative) for what reason
• Indonesian: kenapa — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ingrian: miks — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ingrian: minen peräst — (interrogative) for what reason
• Irish: cad chuige — (interrogative) for what reason
• Irish: cén fáth — (interrogative) for what reason
• Irish: canathaobh — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old Irish: cid ara — (interrogative) for what reason
• Italian: perché — (interrogative) for what reason
• Jamaican Creole: wa mek — (interrogative) for what reason
• Japanese: 何故 (naze) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Japanese: なんで (nande) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Japanese: どうして (dōshite) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Japanese: 何故 (naniyue) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Judeo-Italian: פֵיר קֵי — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kannada: ಏಕೆ (ēke) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kannada: ಯಾಕೆ (yāke) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kapampangan: obakit — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kapampangan: bakit — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kapampangan: obat — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kapampangan: ot — (interrogative) for what reason
• Karachay-Balkar: нек (nek) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kashmiri: کیٛازِ (kyāzi) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kashmiri: क्याज़ि (kyāzi) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kazakh: неге (nege) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Khakas: ноға (noğa) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Khmer: ហេតុអ្វី (haet ʼaʼvəy) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Khmer: ហេតុអី (haet ʼəy) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kikuyu: nĩkĩ — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kikuyu: nĩ ũndũ kĩ — (interrogative) for what reason
• Korean: 왜 (wae) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Krio: wetin mek — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kumyk: неге (nege) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kumyk: не учун (ne uçun) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Central Kurdish: بۆ (bo) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Central Kurdish: لەبەر چی (leber çî) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Northern Kurdish: çima — (interrogative) for what reason
• Northern Kurdish: çira — (interrogative) for what reason
• Northern Kurdish: bo çi — (interrogative) for what reason
• Northern Kurdish: ji ber çi — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kyrgyz: эмне үчүн (emne ücün) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kyrgyz: неге (nege) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kyrgyz: эмнеге (emnege) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Kyrgyz: эмнеден (emneden) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Lao: ເປັນຫຍັງ (pen nyang) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Latgalian: parkū — (interrogative) for what reason
• Latgalian: deļkuo — (interrogative) for what reason
• Latin: cūr — (interrogative) for what reason
• Latin: quārē — (interrogative) for what reason
• Latvian: kāpēc — (interrogative) for what reason
• Latvian: kādēļ — (interrogative) for what reason
• Latvian: kālab — (interrogative) for what reason
• Limburgish: boerum — (interrogative) for what reason
• Limburgish: veurwat — (interrogative) for what reason
• Limburgish: woerum — (interrogative) for what reason
• Lithuanian: kodėl — (interrogative) for what reason
• Lutuv: khaanakaw — (interrogative) for what reason
• Luxembourgish: firwat — (interrogative) for what reason
• Macanese: qui-foi — (interrogative) for what reason
• Macanese: cuza — (interrogative) for what reason
• Macedonian: зошто (zošto) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Malay: mengapa — (interrogative) for what reason
• Malay: kenapa — (interrogative) for what reason
• Malay: kena apa — (interrogative) for what reason
• Malay: apa kena — (interrogative) for what reason
• Malay: apa pasal — (interrogative) for what reason
• Malayalam: എന്തുകൊണ്ട് (entukoṇṭŭ) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Malayalam: എന്തിന് (entinŭ) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Maltese: għaliex — (interrogative) for what reason
• Māori: na te aha — (interrogative) for what reason
• Maranao: ngin — (interrogative) for what reason
• Maranao: ngkaino — (interrogative) for what reason
• Marathi: का (kā) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Eastern Mari: молан (molan) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Mauritian Creole: kifer — (interrogative) for what reason
• Moksha: мес (mes) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Mongolian: яагаад (jaagaad) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Navajo: haʼátʼíísh biniinaa — (interrogative) for what reason
• Neapolitan: pecché — (interrogative) for what reason
• Nepali: किन (kina) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Norman: pourtchi — (interrogative) for what reason
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvorfor — (interrogative) for what reason
• Norwegian Nynorsk: korfor — (interrogative) for what reason
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvifor — (interrogative) for what reason
• Nǀuu: jhisixe — (interrogative) for what reason
• Occitan: perqué — (interrogative) for what reason
• Odia: କ୍ୟାଂ (Kyāñ) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ojibwe: aaniish — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ojibwe: aaniin — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ojibwe: aanishwin — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old Church Slavonic: въскѫѭ (vŭskǫjǫ) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Old English: hwȳ — (interrogative) for what reason
• Pangasinan: akin — (interrogative) for what reason
• Persian: چرا (čerâ) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Persian: برای چی (barâye či) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Persian: برای چه (barâye če) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Pitjantjatjara: nyaaku — (interrogative) for what reason
• Polabian: jocel — (interrogative) for what reason
• Polish: dlaczego — (interrogative) for what reason
• Polish: czemu — (interrogative) for what reason
• Polish: po co — (interrogative) for what reason
• Polish: na co — (interrogative) for what reason
• Portuguese: por que — (interrogative) for what reason
• Portuguese: por quê — (interrogative) for what reason
• Romani: sosθar — (interrogative) for what reason
• Romanian: de ce — (interrogative) for what reason
• Romanian: pentru ce — (interrogative) for what reason
• Russian: почему́ (počemú) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Russian: заче́м (začém) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Russian: отчего́ (otčevó) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Samoan: 'aiseā — (interrogative) for what reason
• Sanskrit: किमर्थं (kimarthaṃ) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Sanskrit: कुत (kuta) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Sanskrit: किमर्थम् (kimartham) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Scots: why — (interrogative) for what reason
• Scottish Gaelic: carson — (interrogative) for what reason
• Serbo-Croatian: за̏што — (interrogative) for what reason
• Serbo-Croatian: zȁšto — (interrogative) for what reason
• Sinhalese: ඇයි (æyi) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Slovak: prečo — (interrogative) for what reason
• Slovene: zakáj — (interrogative) for what reason
• Spanish: por qué — (interrogative) for what reason
• Spanish: a qué son — (interrogative) for what reason
• Spanish: a son de qué — (interrogative) for what reason
• Spanish: con qué motivo — (interrogative) for what reason
• Spanish: por qué razón — (interrogative) for what reason
• Spanish: en razón de qué — (interrogative) for what reason
• Spanish: por — (interrogative) for what reason
• Sranan Tongo: sanede — (interrogative) for what reason
• Sranan Tongo: fu san — (interrogative) for what reason
• Swahili: kwaje — (interrogative) for what reason
• Swahili: mbona — (interrogative) for what reason
• Swedish: varför — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tagalog: bakit — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tahitian: no te aha — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tajik: чаро (čaro) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tamil: ஏன் (ēṉ) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tamil: எதற்கு (etaṟku) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tashelhit: ⵎⴰⵅ (max) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tatar: нигә (nigä) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tatar: нар ни өчен (nar ni öçen) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tatar: ния (niyä) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tausug: mayta' — (interrogative) for what reason
• Telugu: ఎందుకు (enduku) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Thai: ทําไม (tam-mai) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Thai: ไฉน (chà-nǎi) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tibetan: ག་རེ་བྱས་ནས (ga re byas nas) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tok Pisin: watpo — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tokelauan: aiheā — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tongan: hā — (interrogative) for what reason
• Turkish: neden — (interrogative) for what reason
• Turkish: niçin — (interrogative) for what reason
• Turkish: niye — (interrogative) for what reason
• Turkmen: üçin — (interrogative) for what reason
• Turkmen: näme üçin — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tuvan: чүге (çüge) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Tuvan: чоп (çop) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎎 (lm) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ukrainian: чому́ (čomú) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Ukrainian: чом (čom) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Urdu: کیوں (kyõ, kyū̃) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Urdu: کاہے (kāhe) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Uyghur: نېمە ئۈچۈن (nëme üchün) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Uzbek: nega — (interrogative) for what reason
• Veps: mihe — (interrogative) for what reason
• Vietnamese: sao — (interrogative) for what reason
• Vietnamese: vì sao — (interrogative) for what reason
• Vietnamese: tại sao — (interrogative) for what reason
• Volapük: kikodo — (interrogative) for what reason
• Võro: mille — (interrogative) for what reason
• Walloon: pocwè — (interrogative) for what reason
• Waray-Waray: kay-ano — (interrogative) for what reason
• Welsh: pam — (interrogative) for what reason
• Welsh: paham — (interrogative) for what reason
• Wutunhua: mashema — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yakan: we'ey — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yakut: тоҕо (toğo) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yakut: туохтан (tuoqtan) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yakut: туох иһин (tuoq ihin) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yiddish: למאַי (lemay) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yiddish: פֿאַרוואָס (farvos) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yiddish: וואַרום (varum) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yiddish: היתּכן (hayitokhn) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yiddish: זאַטשעם (zatshem) — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yola: farthoo — (interrogative) for what reason
• Yoruba: kilode — (interrogative) for what reason
• Zazaki: çıra — (interrogative) for what reason
• Spanish: por que — (relative), (fused relative)
• Spanish: por lo que — (relative), (fused relative)
• Spanish: por la que — (relative), (fused relative)
• Bulgarian: ей (ej) — exclamation of surprise
• Bulgarian: хей (hej) — exclamation of surprise
• Bulgarian: о (o) — exclamation of surprise
• Danish: hva' — exclamation of surprise
• Danish: hov — exclamation of surprise
• Deccani: کئیکو — exclamation of surprise
• Dutch: wel — exclamation of surprise
• Dutch: nou — exclamation of surprise
• Finnish: no mutta — exclamation of surprise
• French: ha — exclamation of surprise
• French: oh — exclamation of surprise
• French: ah — exclamation of surprise
• French: eh bien — exclamation of surprise
• French: bah — exclamation of surprise
• French: pardi — exclamation of surprise
• German: nanu — exclamation of surprise
• German: na — exclamation of surprise
• Hungarian: hát — exclamation of surprise
• Hungarian: nos — exclamation of surprise
• Hungarian: nocsak — exclamation of surprise
• Icelandic: nú — exclamation of surprise
• Malay: eh, eh — exclamation of surprise
• Norwegian: hvorfor — exclamation of surprise
• Polish: ależ — exclamation of surprise
• Polish: przecież — exclamation of surprise
• Polish: toć — exclamation of surprise
• Portuguese: uai — exclamation of surprise
• Russian: ого́ (ogó) — exclamation of surprise
• Russian: о (o) — exclamation of surprise
• Russian: как (kak) — exclamation of surprise
• Spanish: vaya — exclamation of surprise
• Swedish: nej — exclamation of surprise
• Swedish: nämen — exclamation of surprise
• Armenian: պատճառ (patčaṙ) — the reason
• Bulgarian: причи́на (pričína) — the reason
• Catalan: perquè — the reason
• Danish: derfor — the reason
• Dutch: waarom — the reason
• Estonian: miks — the reason
• Finnish: miksi — the reason
• French: pourquoi — the reason
• German: warum — the reason
• Greek: γιατί (giatí) — the reason
• Hebrew: למה (láma) — the reason
• Hebrew: מדוע (madu‘a) — the reason
• Hungarian: miért — the reason
• Icelandic: ástæða — the reason
• Indonesian: mengapa — the reason
• Indonesian: kenapa — the reason
• Italian: perché — the reason
• Japanese: 何故 (naze) — the reason
• Japanese: どうして (dōshite) — the reason
• Latin: cur — the reason
• Latvian: kādēļ — the reason
• Macedonian: зошто (zošto) — the reason
• Macedonian: причина (pričina) — the reason
• Malay: mengapa — the reason
• Malay: kenapa — the reason
• Pattani Malay: bakpo — the reason
• Maltese: il-għala — the reason
• Neapolitan: pecché — the reason
• Norwegian: derfor — the reason
• Occitan: perqué — the reason
• Polish: powód — the reason
• Polish: dlaczego — the reason
• Portuguese: porquê — the reason
• Romanian: pentru ce — the reason
• Russian: причи́на (pričína) — the reason
• Spanish: porqué — the reason
• Swedish: därför — the reason
• Uzbek: sabab — the reason
• Vietnamese: lí do — the reason
• Vietnamese: lí do tại sao — the reason