Category:Sanskrit terms by usage
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Sanskrit terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.
- Category:Sanskrit archaic terms: Sanskrit terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Sanskrit autological terms: Sanskrit terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
- Category:Sanskrit formal terms: Sanskrit terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
- Category:Sanskrit hapax legomena: Sanskrit terms that are attested only once in the entire corpus.
- Category:Sanskrit higher register terms: Sanskrit terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
- Category:Sanskrit nonstandard terms: Sanskrit terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
- Category:Sanskrit poetic terms: Sanskrit terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
- Category:Sanskrit proscribed terms: Sanskrit terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
- Category:Sanskrit slang: Sanskrit colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
- Category:Sanskrit terms with archaic senses: Sanskrit terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Sanskrit terms with historical senses: Sanskrit terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
- Category:Sanskrit terms with rare senses: Sanskrit rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
- Category:Sanskrit terms with uncertain meaning: Sanskrit terms whose meaning is unknown or disputed.
- Category:Sanskrit terms with uncommon senses: Sanskrit uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
- Category:Sanskrit vulgarities: Sanskrit terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.
Subcategories
This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total.
A
- Sanskrit autological terms (0 c, 4 e)
F
- Sanskrit formal terms (0 c, 1 e)
H
- Sanskrit hapax legomena (0 c, 4 e)
N
P
- Sanskrit poetic terms (0 c, 3 e)
- Sanskrit proscribed terms (0 c, 1 e)
S
- Sanskrit slang (0 c, 1 e)
T
- Sanskrit terms with archaic senses (0 c, 3 e)
- Sanskrit terms with historical senses (0 c, 8 e)
- Sanskrit terms with rare senses (0 c, 5 e)
- Sanskrit terms with uncertain meaning (0 c, 3 e)
- Sanskrit terms with uncommon senses (0 c, 1 e)
V
- Sanskrit vulgarities (0 c, 1 e)