chapati

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Etymology

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

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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.

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Swahili

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Etymology

From Hindi चपाती (capātī).

Pronunciation

Noun

chapati class IX (plural chapati class X)

  1. chapati (flat unleavened bread)
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