soja

Concepts

soy

soya

soya bean

soybean

greater bean

Synonyms

sojaboon

Translations

Soja

soja

soja

soja

soia

seme di soia

soja

Glycine soja

semente de soja

soya

soya fasulyesi

فول الصويا

soya

soia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsoː.jaː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese: そや

Borrowed from Japanese: 醤油

In summary

Etymology tree
Chinese 醬油 /酱油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.