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chapati

chapati

1 5.9
A thin round flatbread from India and nearby countries cooked on a hot pan
  • noun
  • /tʃəˈpɑːti/
translation icon : chapati
  • She placed the freshly made chapati on the table alongside a variety of dips.
  • chapati flour

Examples

  • I saw roasted peanuts, chapati, rice cakes, and sambusa.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Out from a hatch in the deck come steaming dishes of chapati and vegetable curry.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • If you want chapati and beans, then just buy already cooked food.

    Blog text (28)
  • - They're going to be chapati.

  • Always listen to the locals, Kara Nano chapati na.

  • "I don't know," he shrugs, soaking up some gravy with a piece of chapati.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Kala chapati hot water cornbread pita in jera baguette.

  • Moreover, these highly paid professionals, derisively characterized by their opponents as the "chapati lobby," are politically active—especially in the major urban-industrial states of the Northeast and Midwest and in California.

    Academic text (2001)
  • For lunch, we enjoyed a warm chapati served with spicy curry.

  • The chef expertly tossed the dough, creating a perfectly round chapati for dinner.

Synonyms

roti
vschapati
2 3.9

A round thin bread made from whole wheat served with curries

is used specifically in the Indian subcontinent rather than broader regions
chapatti
vschapati
  • UK
5.6

A thin, round bread made without yeast and cooked on a hot pan

has identical meaning but is an alternative spelling

How Thick

naan
4 3.0
pita
17 2.0
tortilla
29 2.4
chapati
1 5.9
rice paper
2 3.9

Surface Forms

chapati singular
chapatis plural

Etymology

Chapati comes from the Hindi word chapātī, which comes from a root meaning 'flat' or 'flattened', like the English word 'flat'. So a chapati is a thin, round flatbread that is pressed and cooked on a griddle.