bheestie
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hindustani भिश्ती (bhiśtī) / بہشتی (bhiśtī, “heavenly”), from Persian بهشت (behešt, “heaven”).
Noun
[edit]bheestie (plural bheesties)
- (historical, India, Nepal, Pakistan) A water carrier, as to a household or a regiment.
Further reading
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “bheesty”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 92.