soja

See also: Soja, sója, and šoja

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊdʒə/

Noun

soja (uncountable)

1. Dated form of soya.

References

• “soja”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• AOJs, Jaos, Jaso

Catalan

Alternative forms

• soia

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɔ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɔ.d͡ʒa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

soja f (plural soges)

1. soy
2. soy sauce

Derived terms

• soja borda

Further reading

• “soja”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Etymology

Etymology tree

Chinese 醬油 / 酱油 (jiàngyóu)obor.

Japanese 醤油

Japanese そやbor.

Dutch soja

Borrowed from Japanese そや (soya), topicalized form of そい (soi), itself the Kagoshima dialectal form of Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, “soy sauce”), from Chinese 醬油 / 酱油.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.jaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: so‧ja

Noun

soja f (plural soja's, diminutive sojaatje n)

1. soy

Derived terms

• sojaboon
• sojamelk
• sojaolie
• sojaplant
• sojasaus
• sojascheut

Descendants

• Afrikaans: soja
• → Arabic: صُويَا (ṣūyā)
• → Catalan: soia, soja
• → English: soy, soya
• → Finnish: soija
• → French: soja
• → German: Soja
• → Greek: σόγια (sógia)
• → Hungarian: szója
• → Malay: soya
  • Indonesian: soya
• → Portuguese: soja
• → Russian: со́я (sója)
• → Slovene: soja
• → Spanish: soja

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

soja

Wikipedia ^fr

Alternative forms

• soya (Canada)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.ʒa/

• Audio:

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Noun

soja m (plural sojas)

1. soy (sauce)
2. soy (plant)

Derived terms

• sauce de soja

Further reading

• “soja”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hausa

Etymology

From English soldier and Zarma sooje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sóː.(d)ʒà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sóː.d͡ʒə̀]

Noun

sōjà m (plural sōjojī, possessed form sōjàn)

1. soldier
2. army

Indonesian

Etymology

From Pre-modern Malay soja, from Cantonese 作揖 (zok³ jap¹, “to bow”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsod͡ʒa/ [ˈso.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -od͡ʒa
• Syllabification: so‧ja

Verb

soja

1. to give homage, to bow

   Synonyms: tunduk, hormat

Derived terms

• bersoja
• menyoja
• tersoja-soja

Further reading

• “soja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔjə/
• Homophone: soje

Adjective

soja

1. feminine singular of sujo

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English soldier.

Noun

soja

1. soldier
   • 2024, “You go see skeletons and pesin wey dem don kill three months ago - Deadly border for South Africa”, in BBC News Pidgin‎:

     Occasionally, John tell us, sojas arrive and make arrests. But advance warning dey usually dey, e add, and e dey easy but risky to melt into di bush.

     Occasionally, John tells us, soldiers arrive and make arrests. But there is usually advance warning, he adds, and it is easy but risky to melt into the bush.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

soja

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Syllabification: so‧ja
• Homophone: Soja

Noun

soja f (related adjective sojowy)

1. (uncountable) soy, soybean (plant)
2. (countable) soy (soy beans)

Declension

Declension of soja

	singular	plural
nominative	soja	soje
genitive	soi	soi
dative	soi	sojom
accusative	soję	soje
instrumental	soją	sojami
locative	soi	sojach
vocative	sojo	soje

Further reading

• soja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• soja in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

soja

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch soja, borrowed from Japanese そや, from 醤油, an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 醬油 / 酱油 (jiàngyóu). Doublet of shoyu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ʒɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔʒɐ
• Hyphenation: so‧ja

Noun

soja f (plural sojas)

1. soybean; soy (Glycine max, a legume plant)
2. soybean; soy (seeds of the soybean plant)

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Soja

Further reading

• “soja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “soja”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “soja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǒːja/
• Hyphenation: so‧ja

Noun

sója f (Cyrillic spelling со́ја)

1. soya, soybean
2. soy (soy sauce)

Declension

Declension of soja

	singular
nominative	soja
genitive	soje
dative	soji
accusative	soju
vocative	sojo
locative	soji
instrumental	sojom

Spanish

Alternative forms

• soya (Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Andes, Philippines)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch soja; from the Satsuma dialectal Japanese そや (soya), which is the topicalized form of 醤油 (そい, soi) (cognate to standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)), from Late Middle Japanese 醤油 (しやうゆ, shiyauyu), orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjang^H, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoxa/ [ˈso.xa]
• Rhymes: -oxa
• Syllabification: so‧ja

Noun

soja f (plural sojas)

1. (Spain, Rioplatense, Paraguay, Equatorial Guinea) alternative form of soya
2. soya, soybean
3. soy (soy sauce)

   Synonyms: salsa de soya, salsa de soja, sillao

Derived terms

• leche de soja

Further reading

• “soja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

soja

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

soja c

1. soy sauce

   Synonym: sojasås

   Du Nisse, kan du skicka sojan?

   Hey Nisse, could you pass the soy sauce?

   doppa sushi i soja

   dip sushi in soy sauce

2. soybean (plant and seed)

   Synonym: sojaböna

Declension

Declension of soja

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	soja	sojas
	definite	sojan	sojans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• soja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• soja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• soja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔja/
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: so‧ja
• Syllabification: so‧ja

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sòja.

Noun

soja f

1. (zoology) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)

   Synonyms: kabija, škrěkawa

Declension

Declension of soja (feminine soft stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	soja	soji	soje
genitive	soje	sojow	sojow
dative	soji	sojomaj	sojam
accusative	soju	soji	soje
instrumental	soju	sojomaj	sojemi
locative	soji	sojomaj	sojach
vocative	soja	soji	soje

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Soja.

Noun

soja f

1. (botany) soybean (Glycine max)

Declension

Declension of soja (feminine soft stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	soja	soji	soje
genitive	soje	sojow	sojow
dative	soji	sojomaj	sojam
accusative	soju	soji	soje
instrumental	soju	sojomaj	sojemi
locative	soji	sojomaj	sojach
vocative	soja	soji	soje

References

• “soja” in Soblex

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian со́я (sója).

Noun

soja

1. soya, soy

Inflection

Inflection of soja (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	soja
genitive sing.	sojan
partitive sing.	sojad
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	soja	—
accusative	sojan	—
genitive	sojan	—
partitive	sojad	—
essive-instructive	sojan	—
translative	sojaks	—
inessive	sojas	—
elative	sojaspäi	—
illative	sojaha	—
adessive	sojal	—
ablative	sojalpäi	—
allative	sojale	—
abessive	sojata	—
comitative	sojanke	—
prolative	sojadme	—
approximative I	sojanno	—
approximative II	sojannoks	—
egressive	sojannopäi	—
terminative I	sojahasai	—
terminative II	sojalesai	—
terminative III	sojassai	—
additive I	sojahapäi	—
additive II	sojalepäi	—

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “соя”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika