WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
bhees•ty
(bē′stē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.
- British Empire(in India) a water carrier.
- Persian bihishtī pertaining to paradise, i.e., beautiful, as poetic convention describes cup-bearers (equivalent. to bihisht paradise + -ī suffix of appurtenance)
- Urdu bhīstī
- 1775–85