chapati

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

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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.

chapati

/ tʃəˈpætɪ; -ˈpʌtɪ; -ˈpɑːtɪ /

Origin of chapati¹

First recorded in 1855–60; from Hindi capāti

Origin of chapati¹

from Hindi

The word represents the Hindustani chapati, and is applied to the usual form of native bread, the staple food of upper India.

Someone had given us two pice, and with this we bought a pice chapati and a pice of sugarcane, and dined off this.

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