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transliteration

noun
/ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

From trans- + literation.

  1. derived from littera
  2. formed as transliteration — “trans- + literation”

Definitions

  1. The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters…

    The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.

    • This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages.

  2. The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.

The neighborhood

Derived

back-transliteration

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for transliteration. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA