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Houthi
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houthi
English
Etymology
From en ar حوثي الْحُوثِيّ. en Yemeni politician and rebel Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi Hussein al-Houthi. ultimately from the village of ar حُوث in western central Yemen.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhuːθi/
en uːθi 2
Noun
s *
A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen.
en-GB Bethan McKernan Fears of regional escalation as Israel warns of ‘multi-front’ war The Guardian 2023-12-26 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/26/fears-of-regional-escalation-as-israel-warns-of-multi-front-war 0261-3077 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018055053/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/26/fears-of-regional-escalation-as-israel-warns-of-multi-front-war 18 October 2026
2026, October 5, Google News, Mohammed Ghobari and Timour Azhari, “Yemeni government forces drive Houthis from Bab el-Mandeb Strait”:In al-Mudhaffar area, just outside Taiz but within the area besieged by the Houthis, a long queue formed outside a petrol station as people waited for fuel and cooking gas canisters.
Usage notes
The group rejects the term Houthi and calls itself ar أَنْصَار الله supporters of God.
Derived terms
en Houthist
Translations
Arabic: ar حُوثِيّ
Azerbaijani: az Husi
Bengali: bn হুতি
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 胡塞
French: fr Houthi
German: de Huthi
Greek: el Χούθι m-p
Hebrew: he חות׳י m khúthi
Hindi: hi हूती
Italian: it huthi
Japanese: ja フーシ
Korean: ko 후티
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira حوثی
Classical Persian: fa-cls حُوثِی
Russian: ru хуситы
Spanish: es hutí m f, es huzí m f, es hucí n
Tajik: tg ҳусӣ
Thai: th ฮูตี
Turkish: tr Husi
Ukrainian: uk хусити
Urdu: ur حُوثی
en Yemen
French
Etymology
fr :bor ar:حُوثِي
fr ar حُوثِي.
Pronunciation
fr Houthis general outil outils unaspirated
Noun
m
en Houthi
fr Yemen