chapati

English

chapati

Alternative forms

• chapatti, chupati, chupatti

Etymology

From Hindi चपाती (capātī), from Sanskrit चर्पटी (carpaṭī). From a derivative of Sanskrit *चर्प (carpa, “flat”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æti

Noun

chapati (countable and uncountable, 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)
• Kannada: ಚಪಾತಿ (kn) (capāti)
• Malayalam: ചപ്പാത്തി (ml) (cappātti)
• Polish: ćapati (pl), chapati (pl), czapati (pl)
• Punjabi: ਚਪਾਤੀ f (capātī)
• Russian: чапа́ти (ru) f or n (čapáti)
• Swahili: chapati (sw)
• Tamil: சப்பாத்தி (ta) (cappātti)
• Urdu: چپاتی f (capātī)

See also

• naan
• paratha
• puri
• roti

Anagrams

• apathic, aphatic

Swahili

Etymology

From Hindi चपाती (capātī).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

chapati (n class, plural chapati)

1. chapati (flat unleavened bread)