[f. as prec. + -ATION.] The action or process of transliterating; the rendering of the letters or characters of one alphabet in those of another; concr. a word or writing thus rendered.
1861. Max Müller, in Sat. Rev., 9 March, 247/1. Even the Chinese were after a time unable to read—i. e., to pronounce—these random trans-literations.
1861. G. Moore, Lost Tribes, 251. The transliteration into Hebrew presents a clear sense in keeping with the inscriptions already given.
1862. Rawlinson, Anc. Mon., I. viii. 215. Too obscure or too illegible for transliteration.
1900. Margoliouth, in Expositor, Jan., 50. Till the most recent times no scientific method of transliteration had been invented.
