Category:Gulf Arabic terms by usage

Gulf Arabic terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Gulf Arabic colloquialisms: Gulf Arabic terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Gulf Arabic dated terms: Gulf Arabic terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Gulf Arabic derogatory terms: Gulf Arabic terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Gulf Arabic dialectal terms: Gulf Arabic terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Gulf Arabic humorous terms: Gulf Arabic terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Gulf Arabic short forms: Gulf Arabic terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Gulf Arabic slang: Gulf Arabic colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Gulf Arabic terms with archaic senses: Gulf Arabic terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Gulf Arabic terms with historical senses: Gulf Arabic terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Gulf Arabic terms with obsolete senses: Gulf Arabic terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Gulf Arabic terms with rare senses: Gulf Arabic rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.