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back-transliteration

back-transliteration noun: the process of transliterating a transliteration back into the original script.

Noun

back-transliteration (countable and uncountable, plural back-transliterations)

  1. (uncountable) The process of transliterating a transliteration back into the original script.
  2. (countable) A text formed through such a process.

Forms of back-transliteration

pluralback-transliterations

Origin of back-transliteration

From back- + transliteration.

Questions about back-transliteration

What does back-transliteration mean?
Back-transliteration means the process of transliterating a transliteration back into the original script.
What part of speech is back-transliteration?
Back-transliteration is a noun.
What is the plural of back-transliteration?
The plural of back-transliteration is back-transliterations.

Words near back-transliteration in the dictionary

  1. back-translations
  2. back-transliterate
  3. back-transliterated
  4. back-transliterates
  5. back-transliterating
  6. back-transliteration
  7. back-transliterations
  8. back-up
  9. back-ups
  10. back-washable
  11. back-water

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