英和和英

語源

From Biblical Hebrew פּוֹטִיפַר (potifár), from Egyptian pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ (“he whom Ra gave”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpɒt.ɪ.fɑː/, /ˈpɒt.ɪ.fə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpɑ.tə.fɚ/

固有名詞

Potiphar

1. (biblical) An Egyptian and captain of the guard under Pharaoh.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 39:1:

     And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.