chappal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चप्पल (cappal).

Noun

chappal (plural chappals)

1. A type of footwear used in India, Mauritius, and Pakistan, similar to a sandal.
   • 2016, Megan Adamson Sijapati with Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz, Religion and Modernity in the Himalaya, page 173:

     Chappals and shoes will fill up the garbage pit too quickly. I think it is impossible to burn old shoes and chappals. They melt and become very bad.