Lexicographical Neighbors of Bhistis
| bhelpuri bhelpuris bhels bhikkhu bhikkhus bhikshu bhikshus bhindi bhindis bhistee | bhistees bhisti bhistie bhisties bhistis (current term) bhoona bhoonas bhoot bhoots bhoy | bhp bhuna bhunas bhunder bhunders bhut bhutan bhuts |
Literary usage of Bhistis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1896)
"The vessels used to draw drinking water are never allowed to be lowered into
these wells by Hindoos. I suspect that Musselman bhistis are not so particular; ..."
2. Transactions of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Sanitary Institute of Great Britain (1885)
"This cut, which was about three feet wide, flowed through the station uncovered,
and water was conveyed from it in the usual way by bhistis with ..."
3. History of India by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Vincent Arthur Smith, Stanley Lane-Poole, Henry Miers Elliot, William Wilson Hunter, Alfred Comyn Lyall (1906)
"So be it," said the Sultan, and the ugly slave was set among the bhistis, or
water-bearers. He soon showed that he was fitted for better things, ..."
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