Category:Kazakh terms by usage

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

• Category:Kazakh terms with archaic senses: Kazakh terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Kazakh colloquialisms: Kazakh terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Kazakh dated terms: Kazakh terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Kazakh derogatory terms: Kazakh terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Kazakh dialectal terms: Kazakh terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Kazakh formal terms: Kazakh terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Kazakh higher register terms: Kazakh terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Kazakh informal terms: Kazakh terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Kazakh nonstandard terms: Kazakh terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Kazakh terms with obsolete senses: Kazakh terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Kazakh poetic terms: Kazakh terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Kazakh proscribed terms: Kazakh terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Kazakh terms with rare senses: Kazakh terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Kazakh short forms: Kazakh terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Kazakh terms with historical senses: Kazakh terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Kazakh vulgarities: Kazakh terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.