charpoy

[ chahr-poi ]

noun

1. a light bedstead used in India, consisting of a web of rope or tape netting.

charpoy

/ ˈtʃɑːpaɪ; ˈtʃɑːpɔɪ /

noun

1. a bedstead of woven webbing or hemp stretched on a wooden frame on four legs, common in India

Word History and Origins

Origin of charpoy¹

1835–45; < Urdu chārpāi < Persian, equivalent to ch ( ah ) ār four + pāy foot

Word History and Origins

Origin of charpoy¹

C19: from Urdu cārpāī

Example Sentences

As we talk sitting on a traditional charpoy bed, his granddaughters bring us a plate of pears they’ve picked from their garden.

From BBC

“What wrong have I done, that God gave me such a huge punishment?” she said one recent evening, seated on a bright yellow charpoy, a woven bed, outside her brick house.

From New York Times

They visit their house in the middle of the forest once in a while, to check on their meager belongings and their kitchen garden, and to give their children a chance to sprawl out on the charpoy beds.

From New York Times

"I am all they have left," he tells the BBC, perched on a metal charpoy - a traditional bed - underneath a tent.

From BBC

“Raat ki raani,” Zohra says from the charpoy she’s sprawled across on the rooftop terrace.

From Literature