bheestie
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English[edit]
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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.