Meanings
plural chapatis · alternative chapatti · alternative chupati · alternative chupatti
- countableuncountableA flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
Purvi breaks her chapati into small pieces and scatters them around her plate.
2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 1201 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Sanskritचर्पटी
- Hindiचपाती
- Englishchapati
From Hindi चपाती (capātī), from Sanskrit चर्पटी (carpaṭī). From a derivative of Sanskrit *चर्प (carpa, “flat”).
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Arabic تشاباتي
- تشاباتي (tshābātī)an unleavened flatbread
Chinese Mandarin 恰巴提, 印度薄餅 /印度薄饼
- 恰巴提 (qiàbātí)an unleavened flatbread
- 印度薄餅 /印度薄饼 (yìndù báobǐng)an unleavened flatbread
Hindi चपाती
- चपाती (capātī)an unleavened flatbread
Japanese チャパティ
- チャパティ (chapati)an unleavened flatbread
Malay capati
- capatian unleavened flatbread
Polish ćapati, chapati
- ćapatian unleavened flatbread
- chapatian unleavened flatbread
- czapatian unleavened flatbread
Punjabi ਚਪਾਤੀ
- ਚਪਾਤੀ (capātī)an unleavened flatbread
Russian чапа́ти
- чапа́ти (čapáti)an unleavened flatbread
Swahili chapati
- chapatian unleavened flatbread
Tamil சப்பாத்தி
- சப்பாத்தி (cappātti)an unleavened flatbread
Urdu چپاتی
- چپاتی (capātī)an unleavened flatbread
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
chapati. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapati
“chapati.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapati. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chapati,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapati.
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