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/, [t͡ʃɐ.päː.t̪iː]

Noun

चपाती • (capātī) f (Urdu spelling چپاتی)

  1. 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
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