Where does “chapati” come from?
chapati (Swahili) comes from Hindi चपाती, from Sanskrit चर्पटी, from Sanskrit चर्पट.
chapati (Swahili): chapati
Ancestry of “chapati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | चपाती | chapati |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चर्पटी | lying flat |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चर्पट | — |