چپٹی

Urdu

Etymology

From چپٹ (capaṭ, stick, adhere; hug, embrace) +‎ ـی (, noun forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

چپٹی • (capṭīf

  1. (vulgar, sex) scissoring
  2. (by extension, vulgar) a lesbian, or lesbianism

Derived terms

  • چپٹی باز (capṭī-bāz, lesbian)
  • چَپْٹی بازی (capṭī-bāzī, lesbian sex)
  • چپٹی زنی (capṭī-zanī, tribbing)

Further reading

  • چپٹی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چپٹی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • چپٹی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “چپٹی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “چپٹی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.