chapati
/t͡ʃəˈpæti/
chapati noun: a flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
Noun
chapati (countable and uncountable, plural chapatis)
- A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
- Princess Jeeta fed me dozens of the hot kebabs I loved, which I coated with mango chutney and wrapped in chapati.1990, Hanif Kureishi, chapter 4, in The Buddha of Suburbia, London; Boston: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 52
- Purvi breaks her chapati into small pieces and scatters them around her plate.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 120
chapati meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
chapati in Hindi
- an unleavened flatbread
- चपाती capātī
chapati in Tamil
- an unleavened flatbread
- சப்பாத்தி cappātti
chapati in Marathi
- chapati; unleavened flatbread made from wholewheat flour
- चपाती capātī
chapati in Urdu
- an unleavened flatbread
- چپاتی capātī
More languagesFewer languages
- chapati in Bengali
- চাপাতি capati
- chapati in Telugu
- చపాతీ capātī
- chapati in Malayalam
- ചപ്പാത്തി cappātti
- chapati in Kannada
- ಚಪಾತಿ capāti
- chapati in Punjabi
- ਚਪਾਤੀ capātī
- chapati in Gujarati
- ચપાતી capātī
- chapati in Malay
- capati
- chapati in Myanmar
- ချပါတီ hkya.pati
Forms of chapati
| plural | chapatis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | chapatti |
| alternative form | chupati |
| alternative form | chupatti |
Origin of chapati
From Hindi चपाती (capātī), from Sanskrit चर्पटी (carpaṭī). From a derivative of Sanskrit *चर्प (carpa, “flat”).
Words that rhyme with chapati
Questions about chapati
- What does chapati mean?
- Chapati means a flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
- What is chapati in Hindi?
- Chapati in Hindi is चपाती (capātī). See Chapati meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chapati?
- Chapati is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chapati?
- Chapati is pronounced /t͡ʃəˈpæti/.
- What is the plural of chapati?
- The plural of chapati is chapatis.
Words near chapati in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chapati (page history and authors); चपाती (Marathi) (page history and authors); চাপাতি (Bengali) (page history and authors); చపాతీ (Telugu) (page history and authors); ચપાતી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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