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Pronunciation:  tranz'litu`reyt

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  rewrite in a different script;"The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
 
 Synonyms: transcribe
 
 See Also: braille, Latinise, Latinize, rewrite, Romanise, Romanize

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Trans*lit"er*ate\, v. 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.

 

 

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