Etymology

Houthi

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Today it means: A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen. Full definition →

Arabic الْحُوثِيّ
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالْحُوثِيّ
  2. English todayHouthi

From Arabic الْحُوثِيّ (al-ḥūṯiyy). Named after Yemeni politician and rebel Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi. ultimately from the village of حُوث (ḥūṯ) in western central Yemen.

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