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Putiphar

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Biblical Hebrew פּוֹטִיפָר (Pōṭīfar), itself from Egyptian pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ (in hieroglyphics 𓇳𓅮𓏙𓅮)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pūtiphar m sg (genitive Pūtiphāris); third declension

  1. a male given name from Egyptian, borne by a Biblical character, named Potiphar in English, who owned Joseph son of Jacob as slave.

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Pūtiphar
genitive Pūtiphāris
dative Pūtiphārī
accusative Pūtiphārem
ablative Pūtiphāre
vocative Pūtiphar