transliterate

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Verb (transitive)
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trans=lit=er=ate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb transliterate has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

transliteratev. t. [Pref. trans- + L. litera, littera letter.].
     To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters.  A. J. Ellis.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

transliterate, v.tr. represent (a word etc.) in the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or language.

Derivative
transliteration n. transliterator n.
Etymology
TRANS- + L littera letter

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