Burhan is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Burhan meaning
A male given name from Arabic.
Using Burhan
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Arabic.
- In the example corpus, burhan often appears in combinations such as: burhan and, burhan said, general burhan.
Context around Burhan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Burhan
- In this selection, "burhan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gen, netanyahu, general, signed, encounter and sworn stand out and add context to how "burhan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fattah al burhan and the and autonomy from burhan and the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "burhan" sits close to words such as accrington, agonizing and allocates, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with burhan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But the conflict between Burhan and Hemeti is not just a domestic squabble. (13 words)
But Gen Burhan rejected the initiative, claiming that Mr Ruto is biased towards the RSF. (15 words)
Burhan and Dagalo jointly orchestrated an October 2021 coup, derailing efforts to enshrine a civilian government. (16 words)
A weeks-long power struggle erupted into battles Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (42 words)
It’s essentially a power struggle between the leader of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the leader of the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (also known as the Hemedti). (39 words)
Sudan’s military, headed by Lt Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary group RSF, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, are up in arms due to their disagreements over the proposed transition to civilian rule in the country. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Egypt openly backed the coup, Israel relied on al-Burhan for normalising relations, and the red carpet was rolled out in Istanbul for al-Burhan and Hemedti.
The fighting pits the Sudanese army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by Burhan's former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
While Burhan signed the deal only under heavy external pressure, Hemedti championed it, due to clauses he saw as giving him autonomy from Burhan and the army.
The February Netanyahu-Burhan encounter met with surprise and some hostility in Sudan at the time and the country’s cabinet later denied that Burhan had made promises of normalization.
Sudan transition: Lt-Gen Burhan sworn in as sovereign council chief (Yesterday) - Lt-Gen Burhan will head the sovereign council for the first 21 months of the planned.
As rival troops exchanged gun and rocket fire on the streets of Sudan, General Hamdan and General al-Burhan engaged in ferocious verbal attackson television and the internet.
A weeks-long power struggle erupted into battles Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Burhan and Dagalo jointly orchestrated an October 2021 coup, derailing efforts to enshrine a civilian government.
Burhan, however, has shown his keenness to also include other parties outside the framework agreement, especially those who had been in alliance with the ousted Bashir’s Islamist National Congress Party (NCP).
Burhan said on Monday that he was based at the army headquarters in central Khartoum, about two kilometres from the palace.
But Gen Burhan rejected the initiative, claiming that Mr Ruto is biased towards the RSF.
But hopes for democracy faltered 18 months ago when the two most powerful generals — the army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan — together seized power in a coup.
But the conflict between Burhan and Hemeti is not just a domestic squabble.
General Burhan said diplomats from Saudi Arabia had already been taken out of Port Sudan and airlifted back to the kingdom.
It jolted us out of our places," said Burhan Abdelrahman, who was walking out of his tent in a camp in Antakya city centre when the earthquake struck.
It said Army chief Fattah al-Burhan agreed to facilitate and secure their evacuation “in the coming hours”.
It’s essentially a power struggle between the leader of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the leader of the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (also known as the Hemedti).
On Friday, army leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he would never sit down with the RSF’s “rebel” leader, referring to General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke to Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan.
Sudan’s military, headed by Lt Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary group RSF, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, are up in arms due to their disagreements over the proposed transition to civilian rule in the country.
Common combinations with burhan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- burhan and 7×
- burhan said 5×
- general burhan 4×
- of burhan 4×
- burhan had 3×
- el burhan 3×
- that burhan 2×
- lt-gen burhan 2×
- gen burhan 2×
- between burhan 2×