Category:Malayalam terms by usage

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.