A metal pot or cooking vessel used in Indian cuisine, typically for boiling or simmering.
From Hindi चाटी (chātī), derived from Sanskrit roots relating to containers. The word entered English through colonial India as British speakers encountered Indian cooking vessels and borrowed the local name.
Food words are some of the most traveled vocabulary in languages—chati followed trade routes and cultural exchange, showing how cooking shapes what words we adopt and keep. Kitchens are where languages actually mix.
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