एड्स (eds)

noun A borrowed acronym (from English 'AIDS') used in Hindi exactly as a medical/disease term; one sense only.
Sense 1 : AIDS (the disease)
noun, masculine
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: एड्स (eds) entered Hindi directly as a loan acronym in the public health campaigns of the 1990s-2000s, and you will still see it everywhere on government posters and NGO awareness billboards, often paired with the phrase एड्स से बचाव (eds se bachaav, 'protection from AIDS'). It is treated grammatically like a common noun (masculine by default agreement, e.g. एड्स फैलता है (eds phailtaa hai, 'AIDS spreads')), not like an adjective or proper noun.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to give it a Hindi plural or gendered adjective agreement pattern; treat it like other borrowed disease names -- it stays invariant and is typically used with होना (honaa) or बीमारी (biimaarii) rather than inflected forms of its own.
Sample Sentences:
एड्स एक गंभीर बीमारी है। AIDS is a serious disease.
(eds ek gambhiir biimaarii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
एड्स असुरक्षित यौन संबंधों से फैलता है। AIDS spreads through unsafe sexual contact.
(eds asurakshit yaun sambandhon se phailtaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस पोस्टर पर एड्स से बचाव के तरीके लिखे हैं। The methods for protection from AIDS are written on this poster.
(is postar par eds se bachaav ke tariike likhe hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
पिछले साल गाँव में एड्स जाँच शिविर लगाया गया था। Last year an AIDS testing camp was organized in the village.
(pichhle saal gaanv men eds jaanch shivir lagaayaa gayaa thaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि उसे एड्स हो गया है। The doctor said that he has contracted AIDS.
(doktar ne kahaa ki use eds ho gayaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
एड्स से बचाव के लिए सावधानी बरतो। Take precautions for protection from AIDS.
(eds se bachaav ke lie saavdhaanii barto।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर लोग जागरूक होते, तो एड्स इतनी तेज़ी से न फैलता। If people were aware, AIDS wouldn't spread so fast.
(agar log jaagrook hote, to eds itnii tezii se n phailtaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
सरकार चाहती है कि एड्स के बारे में जागरूकता बढ़े। The government wants awareness about AIDS to increase.
(sarkaar chaahtii hai ki eds ke baare men jaagrooktaa badhe।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या एड्स का इलाज अभी तक खोजा जा सका है? Has a cure for AIDS been discovered yet?
(kyaa eds kaa ilaaj abhii tak khojaa jaa sakaa hai?)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
एड्स दिवस पर स्कूलों में जागरूकता रैलियाँ निकाली जाएँगी। On AIDS Day, awareness rallies will be held in schools.
(eds divas par skoolon men jaagrooktaa railiyaan nikaalii jaaengii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): एड्स (eds)
(sg.m.oblique): एड्स (eds)
(pl.m.direct): एड्स (eds)
(pl.m.oblique): एड्सों (edson)