chapati

[ chuh-pah-tee, -pat-ee ]

noun,plural cha·pa·ti, cha·pa·tis, cha·pa·ties.

an unleavened, whole wheat flatbread common in South Asia and East Africa, traditionally baked on a griddle or skillet.

Origin of chapati

First recorded in 1855–60; from Hindi capāti

Also cha·pat·ti .

Words Nearby chapati

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How to use chapati in a sentence

Godfrey Kizito takes a break from his busy shoe repair shop every day so he can enjoy his favorite snack, a vegetable and egg omelet rolled in a freshly prepared chapati known as a Rolex.
The shrinking of “Rolexes” in Uganda due to the war in Ukraine | Nakisanze Segawa | June 8, 2022 | Quartz
It’s mainly for the Punjabi truck drivers looking to tear into some hot chapatis while on the road.
The American Dream in the Back of a Sunoco | Trisha Gopal | May 26, 2021 | Eater
The word represents the Hindustani chapati, and is applied to the usual form of native bread, the staple food of upper India.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 | Various
Someone had given us two pice, and with this we bought a pice chapati and a pice of sugarcane, and dined off this.
Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier | T. L. Pennell

British Dictionary definitions for chapati

chapati

chapatti

/ (tʃəˈpætɪ, -ˈpʌtɪ, -ˈpɑːtɪ) /

nounplural -ti, -tis or -ties

(in Indian cookery) a flat coarse unleavened bread resembling a pancake

Origin of chapati

from Hindi

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