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)

1. (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.