TRANSLITERATE
transliterate, transcribe
(verb) rewrite in a different script; “The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
transliterate (third-person singular simple present transliterates, present participle transliterating, simple past and past participle transliterated)
(transitive) To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system.
Source: Wiktionary
Trans*lit"er*ate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + L. litera, littera letter.]
Definition: To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters. A. J. Ellis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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