chapati

• chapatti, chupati, chupatti

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

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

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• Rhymes: -æti

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.

• naan
• paratha
• puri
• roti

• apathic, aphatic

From Hindi चपाती (capātī).

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chapati (n class, plural chapati)

1. chapati (flat unleavened bread)