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Transliterate

[trans-lit-uh-reyt, tranz-] Origin

trans·lit·er·ate

[trans-lit-uh-reyt, tranz-]
verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.

Origin:
1860–65; trans- + Latin līter(a) letter1 + -ate1

trans·lit·er·a·tion, noun
trans·lit·er·a·tor, noun

translate, transliterate.
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transliterate (trænzˈlɪtəˌreɪt)
 
vb
(tr) to transcribe (a word, etc, in one alphabet) into corresponding letters of another alphabet: the Greek word λογοσ can be transliterated as ``logos''
 
[C19: trans- + -literate, from Latin lītteraletter]
 
transliter'ation
 
n
 
trans'literator
 
n

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transliterate
"to write a word in the characters of another alphabet," 1861, apparently coined by Ger. philologist Max Müller (18231900), from trans- "across" + L. littera (also litera) "letter, character" (see letter).
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