Wikidata:Property proposal/IAST transliteration

IAST transliteration edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Lexemes

Descriptiontransliteration of Devanagari script
RepresentsInternational Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (Q194486)
Data typeString
Domainlexemes and forms
Example 1मातृ (L221807) → mātṛ
Example 2पितृ (L221808) → pitṛ
Example 3स्वसृ (L221809) → svasṛ
See alsoISO 15919 transliteration (P5825) (differences)

Motivation edit

International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (Q194486) is a transliteration standard widely used by scholars intended for romanization of languages using Devanagari script like Sanskrit, Pali or Hindi languages. The transliteration system, formalized in 1894, is known for lossless romanization of Devanagari scripts. Sanskrit lexemes in Wikidata, while linking with Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Q3027797) (see property proposal) will be enriched also with this property. -- Bodhisattwa (talk) 05:52, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion edit