Plural form of bhistie; multiple water carriers or attendants employed to supply water.
From bhistie plus the regular plural '-s' or '-es' ending. Shows how English absorbed Indian job titles and pluralized them according to English rules rather than Hindi grammar.
In colonial literature, 'bhisties' were often background characters doing essential work—showing how the empire depended on thousands of nameless workers managing daily necessities.
Plural of bhistie; same pattern as bheesties—plural diminutives depersonalize and collectivize workers as feminized, undifferentiated labor in colonial power structures.
Use 'bhistis' or 'water carriers' to maintain individual dignity and formal occupational status.
["bhistis","water carriers","bhisti workers"]
Formal plurals restore personhood and professional identity to workers systematically erased through diminution.
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