Category:Hindi terms by usage

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

• Category:Hindi archaic terms: Hindi terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Hindi autological terms: Hindi terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
• Category:Hindi childish terms: Hindi terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Hindi colloquialisms: Hindi terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Hindi dated terms: Hindi terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Hindi derogatory terms: Hindi terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Hindi dialectal terms: Hindi terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Hindi endearing terms: Hindi terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Hindi familiar terms: Hindi terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Hindi formal terms: Hindi terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Hindi higher register terms: Hindi terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Hindi honorific terms: Hindi honorific terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Hindi humorous terms: Hindi terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Hindi informal terms: Hindi terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Hindi nonstandard terms: Hindi terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Hindi obsolete terms: Hindi terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Hindi offensive terms: Hindi terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Hindi poetic terms: Hindi terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Hindi polite terms: Hindi polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Hindi proscribed terms: Hindi terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Hindi rare terms: Hindi terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
• Category:Hindi short forms: Hindi terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Hindi slang: Hindi colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Hindi terms with archaic senses: Hindi terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Hindi terms with historical senses: Hindi terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Hindi terms with obsolete senses: Hindi terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Hindi terms with rare senses: Hindi rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Hindi terms with transferred senses: Hindi terms with transferred senses.
• Category:Hindi terms with uncommon senses: Hindi uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
• Category:Hindi uncommon terms: Hindi uncommonly used terms.
• Category:Hindi vulgarities: Hindi terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.