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back-transliterate

back-transliterate verb: to transliterate a transliteration back into the original script.

Verb

back-transliterate (third-person singular simple present back-transliterates, present participle back-transliterating, simple past and past participle back-transliterated)

  1. To transliterate a transliteration back into the original script.

Forms of back-transliterate

third-person singular presentback-transliterates
present participleback-transliterating
past participleback-transliterated
pastback-transliterated

Origin of back-transliterate

From back- + transliterate.

Questions about back-transliterate

What does back-transliterate mean?
Back-transliterate means to transliterate a transliteration back into the original script.
What part of speech is back-transliterate?
Back-transliterate is a verb.
What is the past tense of back-transliterate?
The past tense of back-transliterate is back-transliterated.

Words near back-transliterate in the dictionary

  1. back-translated
  2. back-translates
  3. back-translating
  4. back-translation
  5. back-translations
  6. back-transliterate
  7. back-transliterated
  8. back-transliterates
  9. back-transliterating
  10. back-transliteration
  11. back-transliterations

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