Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A flat, unleavened, disk-shaped bread of northern India, made of wheat flour, water, and salt.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See chupatty.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a flat pancakelike bread cooked on a griddle, originating in India.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hindi capātī.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Hindi चपाती (ćapātī), from Sanskrit चर्पटी.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word chapati.

Examples

  • Take small parts of dough form a ball and roll it out into a thin chapati, as thin as possible.

    Methi Khakara Anjali 2009

  • Take small parts of dough form a ball and roll it out into a thin chapati, as thin as possible.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Anjali 2009

  • Shikaran and poli/chapati is the best combination and spells comfort food for most Maharashtrian kids.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Anjali 2007

  • Shikaran and poli/chapati is the best combination and spells comfort food for most Maharashtrian kids.

    Kelyacha Shikaran Anjali 2007

  • Now take a lemon sized ball of chapati dough and roll out a thin chapati.

    Amba Khava Satorya Anjali 2007

  • Now take a lemon sized ball of chapati dough and roll out a thin chapati.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Anjali 2007

  • 'Bhati' bakeries make a thinner chapati, which is a rage among Pakistani Punjabis, Indian expatriates and Bangladeshis.

    Khaleej Times : UAE News 2010

  • Some of Ms. Swaminathan's South Asian students cook carbohydrate-heavy foods such as chapati and rice using old family recipes and techniques, so it can be difficult to convince them that healthy alternatives can be just as tasty, she said.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • Some of Ms. Swaminathan's South Asian students cook carbohydrate-heavy foods such as chapati and rice using old family recipes and techniques, so it can be difficult to convince them that healthy alternatives can be just as tasty, she said.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • Discover the techniques to making Indian breads such as chapati, naan, paratha, and poori, at home, alongside sweet chutneys made with apple & walnuts, mint, pear, and classic cucumber raita.

    Serious Eats: New York Allison Hemler 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.