दिहाड़ा

Probably borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, whence Punjabi ਦਿਹਾੜਾ m (dihāṛā, “day”) and ਦਿਹਾੜੀ f (dihāṛī, “day's wages”), from Prakrit दिअस (diasa), दिवस (divasa), from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa). Alternatively inherited from Prakrit दीह (dīha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟𑁆𑀟- (-ḍḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from the same Sanskrit term with influence from Prakrit अह n (aha, “day”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.ɦɑː.ɽɑː/, [d̪ɪ.ɦäː.ɽäː]

दिहाड़ा • (dihāṛā) m (feminine दिहाड़ी, Urdu spelling دہاڑا)

1. day

   Synonyms: दिन (din), दिवस (divas)

2. hard or wretched day
3. plight, misery

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “दिहाड़ा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दिहाड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “divasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press