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Bheesty

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the Persian bihisti, paradise), the Hindustani name for a water carrier, the native who supplies water from a pigskin or goat-skin bag.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bheesty'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bheesty.html. 1910.
 
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