चप्पल (chappal)

noun A single, simple sense: the everyday flip-flop or slipper, one of the first household-object nouns learners pick up.
Sense 1 : slipper, flip-flop, sandal
noun, feminine
Synonyms: सैंडल (saindal, often specifically a strapped sandal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Chappals are the default footwear at home in most North Indian households -- you kick off your जूते (joote, shoes) at the door but often shuffle around the house in चप्पल (chappal). There's also a well-known mother's gesture: threatening naughty kids with चप्पल मारूँगी (chappal maaroongii, 'I'll hit you with my slipper') -- a stock, half-joking line every Delhi kid has heard at least once.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often assume चप्पल (chappal) is singular-only in everyday speech, but Hindi speakers almost always talk about the pair -- check the morphology table for how the plural is used when referring to 'a pair of slippers.' 2) Don't confuse चप्पल (chappal) with जूता (jootaa), which means a proper shoe (with a back strap or laces); the two are not interchangeable even though both go on your feet.
Sample Sentences:
अपनी चप्पल पहन लो, फर्श ठंडा है। Put on your slippers, the floor is cold.
(apnii chappal pahan lo, pharsh thandaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
मेरी चप्पल कहाँ है? मुझे मिल नहीं रही। Where are my slippers? I can't find them.
(merii chappal kahaan hai? mujhe mil nahiin rahii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर तुमने फिर शरारत की तो चप्पल मारूँगी। If you misbehave again, I'll hit you with my slipper.
(agar tumne phir sharaarat kii to chappal maaroongii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
घर में जूते नहीं, बस चप्पल पहनी जाती है। Not shoes at home, only slippers are worn.
(ghar men joote nahiin, bas chappal pahnii jaatii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
दरवाज़े पर चप्पलें उतार दो और अंदर आओ। Take off your slippers at the door and come in.
(darvaaze par chapplen utaar do aur andar aao।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
बचपन में मैं अक्सर बिना चप्पल के आँगन में दौड़ता था। As a child, I often used to run in the courtyard without slippers.
(bachpan men main aksar binaa chappal ke aangan men daudtaa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर बारिश हो रही होती तो मैं रबड़ की चप्पल पहनता। If it had been raining, I would have worn rubber slippers.
(agar baarish ho rahii hotii to main rabad kii chappal pahantaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
क्या आपके पास कोई पुरानी चप्पल है जो मुझे उधार मिल सके? Do you have any old slippers that I could possibly borrow?
(kyaa aapke paas koii puraanii chappal hai jo mujhe udhaar mil sake?)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बाज़ार में एक दुकानदार सड़क किनारे रंग-बिरंगी चप्पलें बेच रहा था। In the market, a shopkeeper was selling colorful slippers by the roadside.
(baazaar men ek dukaandaar sadak kinaare rang-birangii chapplen bech rahaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उसकी चप्पल टूट गई और वह नंगे पाँव घर आया। His slipper broke and he came home barefoot.
(uskii chappal toot gaii aur vah nange paanv ghar aayaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बच्ची की चप्पल सीढ़ियों के पास पड़ी है। The little girl's slipper is lying near the stairs.
(bachchii kii chappal siidhiyon ke paas padii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): चप्पल (chappal)
(sg.f.oblique): चप्पल (chappal)
(pl.f.direct): चप्पलें (chapplen)
(pl.f.oblique): चप्पलों (chapplon)