Houthiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• IPA: /ˈhuːθi/
• 韻: -uːθi

名詞

Houthi (plural Houthis or Houthi)

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, →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.

使用する際の注意点

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

派生語

• Houthist