chappal
"[...] Not some mullah, some sepoy, wearing out my chappals in hard service.[...]"
--White Teeth, by Zadie Smith, 2000; p. 74 of the 2000 Vintage International trade paperback edition
Glossary of Terms from Hindu and Other South Asian Languages says a chappal is "a kind of sandal commonly worn in India."
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Just ask the nearest pundit?
Thanks,
-V.
Posted by: Vardibidian | January 14, 2006 11:41 AM