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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

houthi

/ˈhuːθi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
houthi
IPA
/ˈhuːθi/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Houthis (plural)

Derived Forms

Houthist

Rhymes With

ruthie toothy ruthy truthy couthie sleuthy youthy

Questions

How do you pronounce houthi?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhuːθi/.
What does houthi mean?
A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen.
Where does houthi come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce houthi

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