chapati

noun

Etymology: From Hindi चपाती (capātī), from Sanskrit चर्पटी (carpaṭī). From a derivative of Sanskrit *चर्प (carpa, “flat”).

1. A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.

   “Princess Jeeta fed me dozens of the hot kebabs I loved, which I coated with mango chutney and wrapped in chapati.”

   “Purvi breaks her chapati into small pieces and scatters them around her plate.”