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Meaning of transliteration
Wordnet
transliteration (n)
a transcription from one alphabet to another
Webster
transliteration (n.)
The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.
transliteration Sentence Examples
- The word "yoga" is a transliteration from Sanskrit.
- The process of transliteration is the conversion of characters from one alphabet to another.
- Transliteration can be used to represent words from languages that do not have a written script.
- Cyrillic is a transliteration of the Greek alphabet.
- The English word "tsunami" is a transliteration of the Japanese word "tsu" (wave) and "nami" (harbor).
- The Chinese character "qi" has been transliterated into English as "chi".
- The Arabic word "Allah" has been transliterated into English as "God".
- The transliteration of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics is a complex and ongoing process.
- The transliteration of Indian names into English can sometimes lead to confusion.
- The transliteration of Korean words into English often uses a system called "Hangul transcription".
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a transcription from one alphabet to anotherThe act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another al
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The word "yoga" is a transliteration from Sanskrit.
The process of transliteration is the conversion of characters from one alphabet to another.
Transliteration can be used to represent words from languages that do not have a written script.
Cyrillic is a transliteration of the Greek alphabet.
