соя
Belarusian
Etymology
Through a Western European language from Dutch soja, from Satsuma Japanese 醤油 (そい, soi) [soj] (a variant of standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)), from Old to Middle Japanese 醬油 (しやうゆ, shauyu), from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (t͡sɨɐŋH, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsoja]
Noun
со́я • (sója) f inan (genitive со́і, uncountable, relational adjective со́евы)
Russian

Etymology
From Satsuma Japanese 醤油 (そい, soi) [soj] (a variant of standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)), from Old to Middle Japanese 醬油 (しやうゆ, shauyu), from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (t͡sɨɐŋH, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsojə]
Noun
со́я • (sója) f inan (genitive со́и, nominative plural со́и, genitive plural сой, relational adjective со́евый)
Declension
Descendants
- → Ingrian: sooja
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “соя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Etymology
Through a Western European language from Dutch soja, from Satsuma Japanese 醤油 (そい, soi) [soj] (a variant of standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)), from Old to Middle Japanese 醬油 (しやうゆ, shauyu), from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (t͡sɨɐŋH, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɔjɐ]
Audio (file)
Noun
со́я • (sója) f inan (genitive со́ї, uncountable, relational adjective со́євий)
Declension
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “со́я”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 364