chapatti

5.6

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

noun
/tʃəˈpɑːti/

: chapatti

At the market, I bought fresh vegetables and some delicious homemade chapatti.

Examples

Serve it along with rice and a chapatti for a simple meal.

Blog text (17)
Suddenly, the pedestrian choreography split in two, people walking on either side of the chapatti stall.

Fiction book (2002)
For dinner, we enjoyed a warm chapatti served with spicy lentil curry.
She skillfully rolled out the dough to make a soft chapatti for the meal.

Synonyms

roti

vschapatti

2 3.9

A round thin bread made from whole wheat served with curries

uses other flours rather than only whole wheat

chapati

vschapatti

1 5.9

A thin round flatbread from India and nearby countries cooked on a hot pan

is an alternate spelling used in some regions

How Thick

naan

4 3.0

pita

17 2.0

tortilla

29 2.4

chapatti

5.6

rice paper

2 3.9

Surface Forms

chapatti singular

chapattis plural

Etymology

The word chapatti comes from Hindi/Urdu chapāti, from a word that means 'flat' or 'flattened'. So a chapatti is literally a 'flat' bread cooked on a hot griddle, which explains its shape and name.