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BHEESTY (from the Persian bihisti, paradise)

BHEESTY (from the See also:
PERSIAN
PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH
Persian bihisti, See also:
PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)
paradise) , the Hindustani name for a See also:

WATER

water See also:

carrier, the native who supplies water from a pigskin or See also:

GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat-skin bag .

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