bheestie

English

Alternative forms

bheestee, bheesty, bhistee, bhisti, bhistie, bihishti

Etymology

From Hindustani भिश्ती (bhiśtī) / بہشتی (bhiśtī, “heavenly”), from Persian (behešt, “heaven”).

Noun

bheestie (plural bheesties)

(historical, India, Nepal, Pakistan) A water carrier, as to a household or a regiment.

Further reading

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “bheesty”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 92.

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