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Why
Translations of "why" (182 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | ахьԥа((interrogative) for what reason), иахьԥа((interrogative) for what reason) | axʲpa, jaxʲpa | |
| Afrikaans | hoekom((interrogative) for what reason), waarom((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Alabama | sáhmi((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Albanian | pse((interrogative) for what reason), përse((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| American Sign Language | OpenB@Sfhead Y@FromSfhead((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Amharic | ለምን((interrogative) for what reason) | lämn | |
| Ancient Greek | διὰ τί((interrogative) for what reason), τί((interrogative) for what reason) | dià tí, tí | |
| Arabic | علاش((interrogative) for what reason), علاه((interrogative) for what reason), علياش((interrogative) for what reason), لاش((interrogative) for what reason), لاه((interrogative) for what reason), ليه((interrogative) for what reason), ليه((interrogative) for what reason), ليه((interrogative) for what reason), لِمَ((interrogative) for what reason), لِمَاذَا((interrogative) for what reason), لِيش((interrogative) for what reason), لِيش((interrogative) for what reason), لِيش((interrogative) for what reason), لِيش((interrogative) for what reason) | ʕlāš, ʕlāh, ʕlayāš, lāš, lāh, lēh, lē, lē, lima, limāḏā, lēš, lēš, lēš, lēš | |
| Armenian | ինչու((interrogative) for what reason), խի((interrogative) for what reason), հեր((interrogative) for what reason) | inčʻu, xi, her | |
| Assamese | কিয়((interrogative) for what reason), কেলেই((interrogative) for what reason), কেলৈ((interrogative) for what reason) | kiy, kelei, keloi | |
| Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | ܠܡܘܿܢ((interrogative) for what reason), ܠܡܵܐ((interrogative) for what reason), ܩܲܝ((interrogative) for what reason), ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ((interrogative) for what reason) | lmōn, lemā, qay, qāmōdī | |
| Asturian | por qué((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | niyə((interrogative) for what reason), nə üçün((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Bakhtiari | سیچه((interrogative) for what reason), سیچی((interrogative) for what reason) | sičē, sičē | |
| Bangi | boni((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Bashkir | ни өсөн((interrogative) for what reason), ниңә((interrogative) for what reason) | ni ösön, niñə | |
| Basque | zergatik((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Belarusian | чаму́((interrogative) for what reason) | čamú | |
| Bengali | কেন((interrogative) for what reason) | keno | |
| Bikol Central | bakin((interrogative) for what reason), hadaw((interrogative) for what reason), nata((interrogative) for what reason), tano((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Breton | perak((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Bulgarian | защо́((interrogative) for what reason) | zaštó | |
| Burmese | ဘာဖြစ်လို့((interrogative) for what reason) | bhahpraclui. | |
| Catalan | per què((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Cebuano | ngano((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Central Atlas Tamazight | ⵎⴰⵅ((interrogative) for what reason) | max | |
| Central Kurdish | بۆ((interrogative) for what reason), لەبەر چی((interrogative) for what reason) | bo, leber çî | |
| Chadian Arabic | مالا((interrogative) for what reason) | māla | |
| Chechen | хӏунда((interrogative) for what reason) | hunda | |
| Cherokee | ᎦᏙᏃ((interrogative) for what reason) | gadono | |
| Chichewa | chifukwa chiyani((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Chickasaw | katimi ta((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Chinese | виса((interrogative) for what reason), захуэй((interrogative) for what reason), 因何((interrogative) for what reason), 是按怎((interrogative) for what reason), 為何 /为何((interrogative) for what reason), 為啥物 /为啥物((interrogative) for what reason), 為甚物 /為什物 /为什物((interrogative) for what reason), 物代((interrogative) for what reason) | visa, zahuey, in-hô, sī-án-chóaⁿ, sī-án-nóa, sī-án-ná, zh-min-nan, ūi-siáⁿ-mih, ūi-siáⁿ-mi̍h, ūi-siáⁿ-mí, ūi-sím-mi̍h, mih-tāi | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 做乜((interrogative) for what reason), 做乜嘢((interrogative) for what reason), 做咩((interrogative) for what reason), 為乜 /为乜((interrogative) for what reason), 點解 /点解((interrogative) for what reason) | zou⁶ mat¹, zou⁶ me¹, wai⁶ mat¹, dim² gaai² | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 幹嗎 /幹嘛((interrogative) for what reason), 怎麼 /怎么((interrogative) for what reason), 為何 /为何((interrogative) for what reason), 為啥 /为啥((interrogative) for what reason), 為甚麼 /為什麼 /为什么((interrogative) for what reason) | gànmá, zěnme, wèihé, wèishá, wèishénme | |
| Chinook Jargon | kahta((interrogative) for what reason), pus-ikta((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Chukchi | иаʼм((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Chuvash | мӗншӗн((interrogative) for what reason) | mĕnš̬ĕn | |
| Cornish | prag((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Crimean Tatar | ne içün((interrogative) for what reason), ne sebepten((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Cypriot Greek | γιαείντα((interrogative) for what reason) | giaeínta | |
| Czech | proč((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Danish | hvorfor((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Deccani | کئیکو((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Dhivehi | ކީއްވެ((interrogative) for what reason) | kīvve | |
| Dutch | waarom((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Eastern Mari | молан((interrogative) for what reason) | molan | |
| Egyptian | ḥr zj jšst((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Erzya | мезекс((interrogative) for what reason), мейс((interrogative) for what reason), мекс((interrogative) for what reason) | mezeks, mejs, meks | |
| Esperanto | kial((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Estonian | miks((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Faroese | hví((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Finnish | miksi((interrogative) for what reason), minkä tähden((interrogative) for what reason), minkä vuoksi((interrogative) for what reason), mitä varten((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| French | pourquoi((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Galician | e logo((interrogative) for what reason), por qué((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Georgian | რატომ((interrogative) for what reason), რისთვის((interrogative) for what reason) | raṭom, ristvis | |
| German | warum((interrogative) for what reason), weshalb((interrogative) for what reason), weswegen((interrogative) for what reason), wieso((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌳𐌿𐍈𐌴((interrogative) for what reason) | duƕē | |
| Greek | γιάντα((interrogative) for what reason), γιατί((interrogative) for what reason) | giánta, giatí | |
| Greenlandic | sooq((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Hakka Chinese | 做麼個 /做么个((interrogative) for what reason) | cho-mak-ke | |
| Hawaiian | aha((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Hebrew | לָמָּה((interrogative) for what reason), לָמָה((interrogative) for what reason), מַדּוּעַ((interrogative) for what reason) | láma, madúa’ | |
| Hiligaynon | ngaa((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Hindi | क्यूँ((interrogative) for what reason), क्यों((interrogative) for what reason) | kyū̃, kyõ | |
| Hungarian | miért((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Ibanag | ngatta((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 | kenapa((interrogative) for what reason), mengapa((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Ingrian | miks((interrogative) for what reason), minen peräst((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Irish | cad chuige((interrogative) for what reason), canathaobh((interrogative) for what reason), cén fáth((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Italian | perché((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Jamaican Creole | wa mek((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Japanese | どうして((interrogative) for what reason), なんで((interrogative) for what reason), 何故((interrogative) for what reason), 何故((interrogative) for what reason) | dōshite, nande, naze, naniyue | |
| Judeo-Italian | פֵיר קֵי((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Kannada | ಏಕೆ((interrogative) for what reason), ಯಾಕೆ((interrogative) for what reason) | ēke, yāke | |
| Kapampangan | bakit((interrogative) for what reason), obakit((interrogative) for what reason), obat((interrogative) for what reason), ot((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Karachay-Balkar | нек((interrogative) for what reason) | nek | |
| Kashmiri | کیٛازِ((interrogative) for what reason), क्याज़ि((interrogative) for what reason) | kyāzi, kyāzi | |
| Kazakh | неге((interrogative) for what reason) | nege | |
| Khakas | ноға((interrogative) for what reason) | noğa | |
| Khmer | ហេតុអី((interrogative) for what reason), ហេតុអ្វី((interrogative) for what reason) | haet ʼəy, haet ʼaʼvəy | |
| Kikuyu | nĩ ũndũ kĩ((interrogative) for what reason), nĩkĩ((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Korean | 왜((interrogative) for what reason) | wae | |
| Krio | wetin mek((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Kumyk | не учун((interrogative) for what reason), неге((interrogative) for what reason) | ne uçun, nege | |
| Kyrgyz | неге((interrogative) for what reason), эмне үчүн((interrogative) for what reason), эмнеге((interrogative) for what reason), эмнеден((interrogative) for what reason) | nege, emne ücün, emnege, emneden | |
| Lao | ເປັນຫຍັງ((interrogative) for what reason) | pen nyang | |
| Latgalian | deļkuo((interrogative) for what reason), parkū((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Latin | cūr((interrogative) for what reason), quārē((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Latvian | kādēļ((interrogative) for what reason), kālab((interrogative) for what reason), kāpēc((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Limburgish | boerum((interrogative) for what reason), veurwat((interrogative) for what reason), woerum((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Lithuanian | kodėl((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Lutuv | khaanakaw((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | firwat((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Macanese | cuza((interrogative) for what reason), qui-foi((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Macedonian | зошто((interrogative) for what reason) | zošto | |
| Malay | apa kena((interrogative) for what reason), apa pasal((interrogative) for what reason), kena apa((interrogative) for what reason), kenapa((interrogative) for what reason), mengapa((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Malayalam | എന്തിന്((interrogative) for what reason), എന്തുകൊണ്ട്((interrogative) for what reason) | entinŭ, entukoṇṭŭ | |
| Maltese | għaliex((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Māori | na te aha((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Maranao | ngin((interrogative) for what reason), ngkaino((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Marathi | का((interrogative) for what reason) | kā | |
| Middle French | parquoy((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Moksha | мес((interrogative) for what reason) | mes | |
| Mongolian | яагаад((interrogative) for what reason) | jaagaad | |
| Navajo | haʼátʼíísh biniinaa((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Neapolitan | pecché((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Nepali | किन((interrogative) for what reason) | kina | |
| Norman | pourtchi((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | bo çi((interrogative) for what reason), ji ber çi((interrogative) for what reason), çima((interrogative) for what reason), çira((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | hvorfor((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | korfor((interrogative) for what reason), kvifor((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Nǀuu | jhisixe((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Occitan | perqué((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Odia | କ୍ୟାଂ((interrogative) for what reason) | Kyāñ | |
| Ojibwe | aaniin((interrogative) for what reason), aaniish((interrogative) for what reason), aanishwin((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Old Armenian | զի((interrogative) for what reason), զմէ((interrogative) for what reason), էր((interrogative) for what reason), էրում((interrogative) for what reason), ընդէր((interrogative) for what reason), իմ((interrogative) for what reason), հիմ((interrogative) for what reason) | zi, zmē, ēr, ērum, əndēr, im, him | |
| Old Church Slavonic | въскѫѭ((interrogative) for what reason) | vŭskǫjǫ | |
| Old English | hwȳ((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Old Irish | cid ara((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Pangasinan | akin((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Persian | برای چه((interrogative) for what reason), برای چی((interrogative) for what reason), چرا((interrogative) for what reason) | barâye če, barâye či, čerâ | |
| Pitjantjatjara | nyaaku((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Polabian | jocel((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Polish | czemu((interrogative) for what reason), dlaczego((interrogative) for what reason), na co((interrogative) for what reason), po co((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Portuguese | por que((interrogative) for what reason), por quê((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Romani | sosθar((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Romanian | de ce((interrogative) for what reason), pentru ce((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Russian | заче́м((interrogative) for what reason), отчего́((interrogative) for what reason), почему́((interrogative) for what reason) | začém, otčevó, počemú | |
| Samoan | 'aiseā((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Sanskrit | किमर्थं((interrogative) for what reason), किमर्थम्((interrogative) for what reason), कुत((interrogative) for what reason) | kimarthaṃ, kimartham, kuta | |
| Scots | why((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | carson((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | zȁšto((interrogative) for what reason), за̏што((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Sinhalese | ඇයි((interrogative) for what reason) | æyi | |
| Slovak | prečo((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Slovene | zakáj((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Southern Altai | кай((interrogative) for what reason), не керек((interrogative) for what reason), нениҥ учун((interrogative) for what reason) | kay, ne kerek, neniŋ učun | |
| Spanish | a qué son((interrogative) for what reason), a son de qué((interrogative) for what reason), con qué motivo((interrogative) for what reason), por la que((relative), (fused relative)), por lo que((relative), (fused relative)), por que((relative), (fused relative)), por qué((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Sranan Tongo | fu san((interrogative) for what reason), sanede((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Swahili | kwaje((interrogative) for what reason), 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((interrogative) for what reason) | čaro | |
| Tamil | எதற்கு((interrogative) for what reason), ஏன்((interrogative) for what reason) | etaṟku, ēṉ | |
| Tashelhit | ⵎⴰⵅ((interrogative) for what reason) | max | |
| Tatar | нар ни өчен((interrogative) for what reason), нигә((interrogative) for what reason), ния((interrogative) for what reason) | nar ni öçen, nigä, niyä | |
| Tausug | mayta'((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Telugu | ఎందుకు((interrogative) for what reason) | enduku | |
| Thai | ทำไม((interrogative) for what reason), ไฉน((interrogative) for what reason) | tam-mai, chà-nǎi | |
| Tibetan | ག་རེ་བྱས་ནས((interrogative) for what reason) | ga re byas nas | |
| Tok Pisin | watpo((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Tongan | hā((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Turkish | neden((interrogative) for what reason), niye((interrogative) for what reason), niçin((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Turkmen | näme üçin((interrogative) for what reason), üçin((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Tuvan | чоп((interrogative) for what reason), чүге((interrogative) for what reason) | çop, çüge | |
| Ugaritic | 𐎍𐎎((interrogative) for what reason) | lm | |
| Ukrainian | чом((interrogative) for what reason), чому́((interrogative) for what reason) | čom, čomú | |
| Urdu | کاہے((interrogative) for what reason), کیوں((interrogative) for what reason) | kāhe, kyõ, kyū̃ | |
| Uyghur | نېمە ئۈچۈن((interrogative) for what reason) | nëme üchün | |
| Uzbek | nega((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Veps | mihe((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Vietnamese | sao((interrogative) for what reason), tại sao((interrogative) for what reason), vì 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 | paham((interrogative) for what reason), pam((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| West-Frisian | wêrom((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Wu Chinese | 啥體 /啥体((interrogative) for what reason), 為啥 /为啥((interrogative) for what reason) | ⁶we-sa | |
| Wutunhua | mashema((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Xiang Chinese | 何解((interrogative) for what reason), 為麼子 /为么子((interrogative) for what reason) | uei⁵ mo³ zr | |
| Yakan | we'ey((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Yakut | тоҕо((interrogative) for what reason), туох иһин((interrogative) for what reason), туохтан((interrogative) for what reason) | toğo, tuoq ihin, tuoqtan | |
| Yiddish | היתּכן((interrogative) for what reason), וואַרום((interrogative) for what reason), זאַטשעם((interrogative) for what reason), למאַי((interrogative) for what reason), פֿאַרוואָס((interrogative) for what reason) | hayitokhn, varum, zatshem, lemay, farvos | |
| Yola | farthoo((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Yoruba | kilode((interrogative) for what reason) | — | |
| Zazaki | çıra((interrogative) for what reason) | — |
hoekom, waarom
sáhmi
pse, përse
OpenB@Sfhead Y@FromSfhead
علاش, علاه, علياش, لاش, لاه, ليه, ليه, ليه, لِمَ, لِمَاذَا, لِيش, لِيش, لِيش, لِيش
ʕlāš, ʕlāh, ʕlayāš, lāš, lāh, lēh, lē, lē, lima, limāḏā, lēš, lēš, lēš, lēš
por qué
niyə, nə üçün
boni
zergatik
bakin, hadaw, nata, tano
perak
per què
ngano
chifukwa chiyani
katimi ta
виса, захуэй, 因何, 是按怎, 為何 /为何, 為啥物 /为啥物, 為甚物 /為什物 /为什物, 物代
visa, zahuey, in-hô, sī-án-chóaⁿ, sī-án-nóa, sī-án-ná, zh-min-nan, ūi-siáⁿ-mih, ūi-siáⁿ-mi̍h, ūi-siáⁿ-mí, ūi-sím-mi̍h, mih-tāi
kahta, pus-ikta
иаʼм
prag
ne içün, ne sebepten
proč
hvorfor
کئیکو
waarom
ḥr zj jšst
kial
miks
hví
miksi, minkä tähden, minkä vuoksi, mitä varten
pourquoi
e logo, por qué
warum, weshalb, weswegen, wieso
sooq
aha
ngaa
miért
ngatta
af hverju
pro quo
apay
kenapa, mengapa
miks, minen peräst
cad chuige, canathaobh, cén fáth
perché
wa mek
פֵיר קֵי
bakit, obakit, obat, ot
nĩ ũndũ kĩ, nĩkĩ
wetin mek
deļkuo, parkū
cūr, quārē
kādēļ, kālab, kāpēc
boerum, veurwat, woerum
kodėl
khaanakaw
firwat
cuza, qui-foi
apa kena, apa pasal, kena apa, kenapa, mengapa
għaliex
na te aha
ngin, ngkaino
parquoy
haʼátʼíísh biniinaa
pecché
pourtchi
bo çi, ji ber çi, çima, çira
hvorfor
korfor, kvifor
jhisixe
perqué
aaniin, aaniish, aanishwin
hwȳ
cid ara
akin
nyaaku
jocel
czemu, dlaczego, na co, po co
por que, por quê
sosθar
de ce, pentru ce
'aiseā
why
carson
zȁšto, за̏што
prečo
zakáj
a qué son, a son de qué, con qué motivo, por la que, por lo que, por que, por qué
fu san, sanede
kwaje, mbona
varför
bakit
no te aha
mayta'
watpo
hā
neden, niye, niçin
näme üçin, üçin
nega
mihe
sao, tại sao, vì sao
kikodo
mille
pocwè
kay-ano
paham, pam
wêrom
mashema
we'ey
farthoo
kilode
çıra
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