transliteration
noun/trænsˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən/
Frequency rank: #19,344 most common English word
Meaning
The representation of words or letters in the characters of another alphabet or script.
Example sentence
The teacher provided transliteration of the Arabic text so that students could read it using familiar letters.
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