भिश्ती

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِهِشْت (bihisht).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɪʃ.t̪iː/

Noun

भिश्ती • (bhiśtī) m (Urdu spelling بہشتی)

1. (euphemistic) a water carrier

Declension

Declension of भिश्ती (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भिश्ती bhiśtī	भिश्ती bhiśtī
oblique	भिश्ती bhiśtī	भिश्तियों bhiśtiyõ
vocative	भिश्ती bhiśtī	भिश्तियो bhiśtiyo

Descendants

• → English: bheestie

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “भिश्ती”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]