chappal

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US, UK/ˈt͡ʃʌp.əl/

noun

A type of footwear used in India, Mauritius, and Pakistan, similar to a sandal.

Similar
sandalflip-flop
OriginHindi चप्पल ← Telugu చెప్పులు →
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Meanings

nounchappal (plural chappals)

plural chappals

  1. A type of footwear used in India, Mauritius, and Pakistan, similar to a sandal.

    Chappals and shoes will fill up the garbage pit too quickly. I think it is impossible to burn old shoes and chappals. They melt and become very bad.

    2016, Megan Adamson Sijapati with Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz, Religion and Modernity in the Himalaya, page 173

    Synonyms: sandal, flip-flop

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of footwear used in India, Mauritius, and Pakistan, similar to a sandal.

Similar
sandalflip-flop

Origin

  1. Teluguచెప్పులు
  2. Hindiचप्पल
  3. Englishchappal

Borrowed from Hindi चप्पल (cappal), itself borrowed from Telugu చెప్పులు (ceppulu).

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APA

chappal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chappal

MLA

“chappal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chappal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chappal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chappal.

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