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Pronunciation
  
[ˈburhɑːn]

Word/name
  
Arabic

Region of origin
  
Arabic

Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
Proof

Burhan (Arabic: برهان‎‎, Burhān) is an Arabic male name meaning proof and is an epithet of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is especially popular in Turkey, as it respects Turkish vowel harmony and the end syllable "-han" can be interpreted as the Turkish variant of "Khan".

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Origin

(Quran Ch: 2, verse 111) وَقَالُواْ لَن يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلاَّ مَن كَانَ هُوداً أَوْ نَصَارَى تِلْكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمْ قُلْ هَاتُواْ بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

Given name

  • Burhan G (born 1983), Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish-Turkish origin
  • Burhan Asaf Belge (1899–1967), served as the representative of Muğla province during the 11th term of Turkish National Assembly
  • Burhan Baig, Industrialist, Chairman Vista Group of Companies. He Was featured in the list of top 50 Young Entrepreneur Indians of 2015 by Khaleej Times, UAE
  • Burhan Doğançay (born 1929), Turkish-American painter and photographer
  • Burhan Eşer, Turkish footballer
  • Burhan Sargun (born 1929), Turkish footballer
  • Burhan Shahidi (1894–1989), political leader in Xinjiang, China
    • Burhanullah
  • Burhanullah Shinwari, deputy chairman of the upper house of Afghanistan's legislature

    • Surname

  • Qasem Burhan (born 1985), Qatari footballer from Al Gharrafa

    • Tribal name

  • Burhan (Pashtun tribe), a tribe of Afghanistan

    • Places

  • Burhan, Pakistan, town located along the Rawalpindi-Peshawar road, in the Punjab province of Pakistan
  • Burhaniye, a town and district of Balıkesir Province in the Aegean region of Turkey
  • Burhaniye, Üsküdar, a neighborhood in Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey
  • Burhaniye, Vezirköprü, a village in Vezirköprü district of Samsun Province, Turkey
  • Burhanpur, a town in Madhya Pradesh state, India
  • Burhani Hospital, located at Saddar Town, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Burhanuddin Upazila, a sub-district of Bhola District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh

    • Books

  • Burhan al-Haqq, a 1963 theological work by Nur Ali Elahi
  • Burhan (Dune), terminology used in the fictional Dune universe

    • References

    Burhan Wikipedia
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