Question in Malayalam
A question is ചോദ്യം (chodyam), from the verb for asking, and it is the word on exam papers, in interviews and in the phrase I have a question. The dy is a single cluster, so the word runs as three quick beats. It also carries the harder sense of interrogation.
Most common translation
Question, asking, torture, interrogation.
എനിക്ക് ഒരു ചോദ്യം ചോദിക്കാനുണ്ട്.
enikku oru chodyam chodikkaanundu.
I have a question to ask.
All Malayalam words for “question”
- ചോദ്യം (chodyam) — Question, asking, torture, interrogation.
- പ്രശ്നം (prashnam) — Question, problem, investigation, topic of discussion, enquiry, astrological calculation.
- പൃഷ്ടി (prishti) — Search, question, touch, ray, rib.
- ഉത്തരം (uttharam) — Answer, a reply to a question; a solution or response.
- ഓ എന്ന് (o ennu) — Whether, if; Malayalam has no separate word for this, the question particle -o is added to the verb and followed by ennu.
- ചോദിച്ചു (chodichu) — Asked, put a question, requested something; the past form of chodikkuka.
- ചോദ്യോത്തരം (chodyotharam) — Question and answer.
- പേപ്പറുകൾ (pepparukal) — Papers, sheets of paper; also official documents or school question papers.
- പ്രതികടം (prathikadam) — Evasive reply, counter question as answer to a query.
പ്രശ്നം (prashnam) overlaps but tilts towards problem or issue, and in religious contexts it means an astrological consultation, so it is not interchangeable; ഉത്തരം (uttharam) is the answer, not the question.
Common questions
How do you say question in Malayalam?
ചോദ്യം (chodyam) is the word for a question.
How do you say question and answer?
The compound is ചോദ്യോത്തരം (chodyotharam), used as a heading for interviews and quiz columns.