alternative form of soya · soya, soybean · soy (soy sauce)
çekim: çoğul sojas
eş: poroto de soya, poroto soya
köken: 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 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
köken: đậu (“bean”) + nành. Compare the village name Phù Ninh 扶寧 (MC bju neng), whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Nành. Also compare nanh (“sprout; fang”).