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chapri

chapri noun: a South Asian person, usually of lower-class background, who tries to copy modern fashion trends.

Noun

chapri (plural chapris)

  1. (India, Internet, North, Pakistan, derogatory) A South Asian person, usually of lower-class background, who tries to copy modern fashion trends
    • Look at that guy with the cheap hair spray, what a chapri.

chapri meaning in Malayalam

chapri in Malayalam

chapri, idiot
കണ്ണാപ്പി kaṇṇāppi

Forms of chapri

pluralchapris
alternative formchhapri
alternative formchappri
alternative formchhappri
alternative formChhapri

Origin of chapri

Borrowed from Hindi छपरी (chaprī).

Questions about chapri

What does chapri mean?
Chapri means a South Asian person, usually of lower-class background, who tries to copy modern fashion trends.
What is chapri in Malayalam?
Chapri in Malayalam is കണ്ണാപ്പി (kaṇṇāppi). See Chapri meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is chapri?
Chapri is a noun.
What is the plural of chapri?
The plural of chapri is chapris.

Words near chapri in the dictionary

  1. chaprassi
  2. chaprassie
  3. chaprassies
  4. chaprassis
  5. chaprassy
  6. chapri
  7. chapris
  8. chaps
  9. chaps someone's hide
  10. chaps.
  11. chapstick

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chapri (page history and authors); കണ്ണാപ്പി (Malayalam) (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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