transliterate

Verb

Meaning

To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

transcribe convert change character put sign resolve render interpret reproduce translate duplicate transcribed rewrite reprint
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Antonyms

remain remove mistake obscure confuse delete
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Hypernyms

rewrite

Hyponyms

braille romanize latinize latinise romanise

Phrases with the word

back-transliterate

Examples

The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated Source: Internet

Camel case is often used to transliterate initialisms into alphabets where two letters may be required to represent a single character of the original alphabet, e.g., DShK from Cyrillic ДШК. Source: Internet

In practice, there are some mixed transliteration/transcription systems that transliterate a part of the original script and transcribe the rest. Source: Internet

However, some translators prefer to transliterate the Greek word for "lady" with the proper name Kyria. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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