khachapuri
kha·cha·pu·ri/hɑːt͡ʃəˈpuɹi/noun
khachapuri is a noun meaning “A cheese pastry from the country of Georgia in the Caucasus region of Eurasia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-H-A-C-H-A-P-U-R-I and has 4 syllables (kha·cha·pu·ri), and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of khachapuri is khachapuris.
What does khachapuri mean?
noun
- 1
A cheese pastry from the country of Georgia in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.
No feast would seem proper without the marvelous cheese bread, khachapuri. Khachapuri is found throughout Georgia in many guises–round, rectangular, and boat-shaped. The dough can be yeasty with a thick crust, many-layered and flaky, or ten
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce khachapuri?
- UK /hɑːtʃəˈpuːɹi/
- US /hɑːt͡ʃəˈpuɹi/
Khachapuri has 4 syllables, split kha·cha·pu·ri in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-khachapuri.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of khachapuri
- khachapuris plural
- hachapuri
- hatchapuri
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is khachapuri?
Khachapuri appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Khachapuri in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cheese pastry from Georgia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | khatchapouri |
| German | Chatschapuri |
| Spanish | khachapuri, jachapuri |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does khachapuri come from?
Borrowed from Georgian ხაჭაპური (xač̣aṗuri).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).