transliteration
/ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/
transliteration noun: the act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
Noun
transliteration (countable and uncountable, plural transliterations)
- The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
- This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251
- The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.
transliteration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
transliteration in Hindi
- product of transliterating
- लिप्यन्तरण lipyantaraṇ
transliteration in Tamil
- product of transliterating
- ஒலிபெயர்ப்பு olipeyarppu
transliteration in Urdu
- product of transliterating
- نَقَل حَرْفی naqal harfī, نَقْلِ حَرْفی naql-i harfī
transliteration in Bengali
- product of transliterating
- প্রতিবর্ণীকরণ protibornikron
More languagesFewer languages
- transliteration in Telugu
- ప్రతిలేఖనం pratilēkhanaṁ
- transliteration in Malayalam
- ലിപിമാറ്റം lipimāṟṟaṁ, ലിപ്യന്തരണം lipyantaraṇaṁ
- transliteration in Kannada
- ಲಿಪ್ಯಂತರಣ, ಬರಿಗೆಮಾರ್ಪು, ಬರಹಮಾರ್ಪು
- transliteration in Sinhala
- අක්ෂර පරිවර්තනය
- transliteration in Tagalog
- transliterasyon
- transliteration in Arabic
- نَقْحَرَة naqḥara, كَرْشَنَة karšana, رَوْمَنَة rawmana
- transliteration in Malay
- transliterasi, penyalinan huruf
- transliteration in Indonesian
- alih aksara, transliterasi
- transliteration in Thai
- คำทับศัพท์ kam-táp-sàp, การถอดอักษร gaan-tɔ̀ɔt-àk-sɔ̌ɔn
- transliteration in Vietnamese
- sự chuyển chữ, sự chuyển tự
- transliteration in Myanmar
- စာလုံးပြောင်း calum:praung:, ထိုက်စာလုံး htuikcalum:
Examples of transliteration in a sentence
- The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα.
- The two most prominent systems of transliterations of Mandarin are Wade-Giles and Pinyin.
- The etymologies gave words from Hindustani in the Devanagari script accompanied by transliterations in parentheses.
Forms of transliteration
| plural | transliterations |
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Origin of transliteration
From trans- + literation.
Words formed from transliteration
Words that rhyme with transliteration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about transliteration
- What does transliteration mean?
- Transliteration means the act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
- What is transliteration in Hindi?
- Transliteration in Hindi is लिप्यन्तरण (lipyantaraṇ). See Transliteration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is transliteration?
- Transliteration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce transliteration?
- Transliteration is pronounced /ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of transliteration?
- The plural of transliteration is transliterations.
Words near transliteration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: transliteration (page history and authors); transliteration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transliteration (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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