Category:Malayalam terms by usage
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Malayalam terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.
- Category:Malayalam archaic terms: Malayalam terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Malayalam colloquialisms: Malayalam terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
- Category:Malayalam dated terms: Malayalam terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
- Category:Malayalam derogatory terms: Malayalam terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
- Category:Malayalam dialectal terms: Malayalam terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
- Category:Malayalam formal terms: Malayalam terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
- Category:Malayalam higher register terms: Malayalam terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
- Category:Malayalam historical terms: Malayalam terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
- Category:Malayalam honorific terms: Malayalam honorific terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
- Category:Malayalam humorous terms: Malayalam terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
- Category:Malayalam informal terms: Malayalam terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
- Category:Malayalam nonstandard terms: Malayalam terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
- Category:Malayalam obsolete terms: Malayalam terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
- Category:Malayalam offensive terms: Malayalam terms that are typically considered to offend people.
- Category:Malayalam poetic terms: Malayalam terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
- Category:Malayalam polite terms: Malayalam polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
- Category:Malayalam rare terms: Malayalam terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
- Category:Malayalam short forms: Malayalam terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
- Category:Malayalam slang: Malayalam colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
- Category:Malayalam terms with archaic senses: Malayalam terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Malayalam terms with historical senses: Malayalam terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
- Category:Malayalam terms with obsolete senses: Malayalam terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
- Category:Malayalam terms with rare senses: Malayalam rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
- Category:Malayalam vulgarities: Malayalam terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.
Subcategories
This category has the following 24 subcategories, out of 24 total.
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C
- Malayalam colloquialisms (0 c, 66 e)
D
- Malayalam dated terms (0 c, 32 e)
- Malayalam derogatory terms (0 c, 5 e)
- Malayalam dialectal terms (0 c, 53 e)
F
- Malayalam formal terms (0 c, 5 e)
H
- Malayalam historical terms (0 c, 1 e)
- Malayalam honorific terms (0 c, 8 e)
- Malayalam humorous terms (0 c, 3 e)
I
- Malayalam informal terms (0 c, 28 e)
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O
- Malayalam obsolete terms (0 c, 8 e)
- Malayalam offensive terms (0 c, 12 e)
P
- Malayalam poetic terms (0 c, 16 e)
- Malayalam polite terms (0 c, 1 e)
R
- Malayalam rare terms (0 c, 22 e)
S
- Malayalam short forms (0 c, 1 e)
T
- Malayalam terms with archaic senses (0 c, 45 e)
- Malayalam terms with historical senses (0 c, 10 e)
- Malayalam terms with rare senses (0 c, 39 e)
V
- Malayalam vulgarities (0 c, 19 e)