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Bheesty
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(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.