Etymology

chapati

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Today it means: A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan. Full definition →

Hindi चपाती ← Sanskrit चर्पटी
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromचर्पटी
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromचपाती
  3. English todaychapati

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

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