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.