bahisti
A historical Indian term for a water carrier — a person whose occupation was transporting and distributing water, typically using a goatskin bag (mashk) to deliver water to households, worksites, or military camps.
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A historical Indian term for a water carrier — a person whose occupation was transporting and distributing water, typically using a goatskin bag (mashk) to deliver water to households, worksites, or military camps. An essential occupation in pre-piped-water South Asia. Immortalized in Rudyard Kipling's poem 'Gunga Din,' whose title character is a bahisti.
The regiment's bahisti made his rounds twice a day regardless of the heat.
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(India, historical) A water carrier .
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