soya

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɪ.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪə
• Homophone: sawyer (some accents)

soya (uncountable)

1. (British) Alternative form of soy. [from late 17th c.]

• soya bean
• soya sauce

• Soay

From Dutch soja, 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 (jiàngyóu).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsoja/ [ˈso.ja]
• Rhymes: -oja
• Syllabification: so‧ya

soya (plural soya-soya)

1. soya

   Synonym: kedelai

• “soya”, 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

soya

1. Rōmaji transcription of そや

Possibly borrowed from Indonesian soya, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そや.

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈsoja/ [ˈso.ja]
• Rhymes: -oja
• Hyphenation: so‧ya

soya (Jawi spelling سويا, plural soya-soya or soya²)

1. soy^[1]

   Synonym: kedelai (archaic)

• "soya" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• soja

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”).

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: so‧ya

soya f (plural soyas)

(US, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Andes, Philippines) alternative form of soja

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

   Synonyms: salsa de soya, salsa de soja, sillao

• “soya”, 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

• IPA^(key): /soˈja/
• Hyphenation: so‧ya

Borrowed from English soya, from soja, ultimately from Japanese そや (soya).

soya (definite accusative soyayı, plural soyalar)

1. soy, soybean, any legume of the species Glycine max widely cultivated for human consumption

   Synonym: soya fasulyesi

• “soya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “soya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “soya2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4306
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “soya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صویا (soya, “penknife, clasp-knife”), from Greek σουγιάς (sougiás, “penknife, pocketknife”).

soya (definite accusative soyayı, plural soyalar)

1. (dialectal) synonym of çakı (“pocket knife”)

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “soya1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4306