chapati
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From Hindi चपाती (capātī), from Sanskrit चर्पटी (carpaṭī). From a derivative of Sanskrit *चर्प (carpa, “flat”).
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- IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈpæti/, /t͡ʃəˈpɑːti/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -æti
Noun edit
chapati (plural chapatis)
- 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.
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an unleavened flatbread
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chapati (n class, plural chapati)
- chapati (flat unleavened bread)