'Transliterate' definitions:
Definition of 'transliterate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated" [syn: transliterate, transcribe]
Definition of 'Transliterate'
From: GCIDE
- Transliterate \Trans*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + L. litera, littera letter.] To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters. --A. J. Ellis. [1913 Webster]