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trans⋅lit⋅er⋅ate

  [trans-lit-uh-reyt, tranz-]
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–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- + L līter(a) letter 1 + -ate 1

Related forms:
trans⋅lit⋅er⋅a⋅tion, noun
trans⋅lit⋅er⋅a⋅tor, noun
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transliterate 
"to write a word in the characters of another alphabet," 1861, apparently coined by Ger. philologist Max Müller (1823–1900), from trans- "across" + L. littera "letter, character."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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