bheestie
English
Alternative forms
- bheestee, bheesty, bhistee, bhisti, bhistie, bihishti
Etymology
From Hindustani भिश्ती (bhiśtī) / بہشتی (bhiśtī, “heavenly”), from Persian بهشت (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.