chapati

chapati

English

chapati

Alternative forms

• chapatti, chupati, chupatti

Etymology

From Hindi चपाती (capātī), from Sanskrit चर्पटी (carpaṭī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈpæti/, /t͡ʃəˈpɑːti/

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• Rhymes: -æti

Noun

chapati (plural chapatis)

1. A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
   • 1990, Hanif Kureishi, chapter 4, in The Buddha of Suburbia, London; Boston: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 52:

     Princess Jeeta fed me dozens of the hot kebabs I loved, which I coated with mango chutney and wrapped in chapati.

   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 120:

     Purvi breaks her chapati into small pieces and scatters them around her plate.

Translations

an unleavened flatbread

Burmese: ချပါတီ (my) (hkya.pati) Hindi: चपाती (hi) f (capātī) Polish: ćapati (pl), chapati (pl), czapati (pl) Punjabi: ਚਪਾਤੀ f (capātī) Russian: чапа́ти (ru) f or n (čapáti) Swahili: chapati (sw) Urdu: چپاتی‎ f (capātī)

See also

• naan
• paratha
• puri

Anagrams

• apathic, aphatic

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Swahili

Etymology

From Hindi चपाती (capātī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

chapati (n class, plural chapati)

1. chapati (flat unleavened bread)