Houthi

English

Etymology

From Arabic الْحُوثِيّ (al-ḥūṯiyy), from the name of the group's former commander, Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, ultimately from the village of حُوث (ḥūṯ) in western central Yemen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːθi/
• Rhymes: -uːθi

Noun

Houthi (plural Houthis)

1. A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen.
   • 2023 December 26, Bethan McKernan, “Fears of regional escalation as Israel warns of ‘multi-front’ war”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Late on Tuesday, the Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a container ship in the Red Sea, and for an attempt to attack Israel with drones.

Usage notes

The group rejects the term Houthi and calls itself أَنْصَار الله (ʔanṣār allāh, literally “supporters of God”).

Derived terms

• Houthist

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: حوثي
• Azerbaijani: Husi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胡塞 (húsài)

• French: Houthi (fr)
• German: Huthi (de)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: huthi
• Japanese: フーシ
• Russian: хуситы (xusity)
• Spanish: hutí m or f
• Turkish: Husi
• Ukrainian: хусити (xusyty)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُوثِي (ḥūṯī).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /u.ti/
• Homophones: Houthis (general), outil, outils (unaspirated)

Noun

Houthi m (plural Houthis)

1. Houthi