Questionnaire in Malayalam
A questionnaire is ചോദ്യാവലി (chodyaavali), literally a string or series of questions, the word used on survey forms and in research writing. The aa in the middle is long, which keeps the four beats even. പ്രശ്നാവലി (prashnaavali) is a second coinage on the same pattern.
Questionnaire.
ടീച്ചർ ഒരു ചോദ്യാവലി തയ്യാറാക്കി.
teechar oru chodyaavali thayyaaraakki.
The teacher prepared a questionnaire.
All Malayalam words for “questionnaire”
- ചോദ്യാവലി (chodyaavali) — Questionnaire.
- പ്രശ്നാവലി (prashnaavali) — Questionnaire.
Of the two, chodyaavali is the commoner; prashnaavali is built on the word that also means problem, so it can read as a list of problems and is mostly met in older or more formal texts.
Common questions
How do you say questionnaire in Malayalam?
ചോദ്യാവലി (chodyaavali) is the standard term for a set of survey questions.
Which word do official forms use?
Most use chodyaavali; പ്രശ്നാവലി (prashnaavali) turns up in older documents and in some academic writing.