[noun], [adjective] [not gradable] [specialized] - (a word or the form of a sentence that is) used when asking a questionan interrogative adverb'Who' and 'why' are interrogatives.If you put a sentence into the interrogative, you turn it into a question.
INTERROGATIVE
Meaning of INTERROGATIVE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012