Category:Ottoman Turkish terms by usage

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

• Category:Ottoman Turkish colloquialisms: Ottoman Turkish terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish derogatory terms: Ottoman Turkish terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish dialectal terms: Ottoman Turkish terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish higher register terms: Ottoman Turkish terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish humorous terms: Ottoman Turkish terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish informal terms: Ottoman Turkish terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish nonstandard terms: Ottoman Turkish terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish offensive terms: Ottoman Turkish terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish poetic terms: Ottoman Turkish terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish rare terms: Ottoman Turkish terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish short forms: Ottoman Turkish terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish slang: Ottoman Turkish colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish terms with archaic senses: Ottoman Turkish terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish terms with historical senses: Ottoman Turkish terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish terms with obsolete senses: Ottoman Turkish terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish terms with rare senses: Ottoman Turkish rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish uncommon terms: Ottoman Turkish uncommonly used terms.
• Category:Ottoman Turkish vulgarities: Ottoman Turkish terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.