# soja
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsəʊdʒə/

### Noun

soja (uncountable)
* 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: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɔ.ʒə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsɔ.d͡ʒa]

### Noun

soja f (plural soges)
* soy
* soy sauce

#### Derived terms

* soja borda

### Further reading

* “soja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Dutch
### Etymology

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: /ˈsoː.jaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: so‧ja

### Noun

soja f (plural soja's, diminutive sojaatje n)
* 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
### Alternative forms

* soya (Canada)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔ.ʒa/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

soja m (plural sojas)
* soy (sauce)
* 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: /sóː.(d)ʒà/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [sóː.d͡ʒə̀]

### Noun

sōjà m (plural sōjojī, possessed form sōjàn)
* soldier
* army

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Pre-modern Malay soja, from Cantonese 作揖 (zok$^3$ jap$^1$, “to bow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsod͡ʒa]
* Hyphenation: so‧ja

### Verb

soja
* to give homage, to bow
    Synonyms: tunduk, hormat

#### Derived terms

* bersoja
* menyoja
* tersoja-soja

### Further reading

* “soja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Neapolitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɔjə/
* Homophone: soje

### Adjective

soja
* feminine singular of sujo

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English soldier.

### Noun

soja
* 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
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɔ.ja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔja
* Syllabification: so‧ja
* Homophone: Soja

### Noun

soja f (related adjective sojowy)
* (uncountable) soy, soybean (plant)
* (countable) soy (soy beans)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɔ.ʒɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɔʒɐ
* Hyphenation: so‧ja

### Noun

soja f (plural sojas)
* soybean; soy (Glycine max, a legume plant)
* soybean; soy (seeds of the soybean plant)

#### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Soja

### Further reading

* “soja”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “soja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sǒːja/
* Hyphenation: so‧ja

### Noun

sója f (Cyrillic spelling со́ја)
* soya, soybean
* soy (soy sauce)

#### Declension
## 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 (t͡sɨɐŋ$^H$, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsoxa/ [ˈso.xa]
* Rhymes: -oxa
* Syllabification: so‧ja

### Noun

soja f (plural sojas)
* (Spain, Rioplatense, Paraguay, Equatorial Guinea) Alternative form of soya
* soya, soybean
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

soja c
* soy sauce
    Synonym: sojasås
* soybean (plant and seed)
    Synonym: sojaböna

#### Declension
### References

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

## Upper Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɔja/
* Rhymes: -ɔja
* Hyphenation: so‧ja
* Syllabification: so‧ja

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sòja.

#### Noun

soja f
* (zoology) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
    Synonyms: kabija, škrěkawa

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Soja.

#### Noun

soja f
* (botany) soybean (Glycine max)

##### Declension
### References

* “soja” in Soblex

## Veps
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian со́я (sója).

### Noun

soja
* soya, soy

#### Inflection
### References

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