Category:Urdu terms by usage

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

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