चपाती

Hindi

Etymology

From a derivative of Sanskrit *चर्प (carpa, “flat”). Compare Sanskrit चर्पटी (carpaṭī, “lying flat”), पर्पट (parpaṭa) (whence Hindi पापड़ (pāpaṛ)).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.pɑː.t̪iː/, [t͡ʃə.päː.t̪iː]

Noun

चपाती • (capātī) f (Urdu spelling چپاتی‎)

chapati

Declension

Declension of चपाती (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चपाती capātī	चपातियाँ capātiyā̃
oblique	चपाती capātī	चपातियों capātiyõ
vocative	चपाती capātī	चपातियो capātiyo

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*carpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Colin P. Masica (1979), “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎, Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151