phonetic name

Noun

Meaning

A name as it is thought to have been pronounced, rather than how it is commonly written. Used with languages such as Epigraphic Mayan where the conventional transcription of the name does not reflect the pronunciation.
The phonetic name of Smoking Frog is Ciak Kʼak

A name written in phonographic rather than logographic characters, as in Egyptian.
The cartouche contained the titles and phonetic name of Rameses

In electronic applications such as address books, an entry that allows a name to be looked up through pronunciation rather than spelling

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