Kalmarsoja ta samo asali ne daga kalmar turanci ta tsakiyasoudeour,, daga old na Faransa kosoudeour, ma'ana ɗan haya, dagasoudeema'ana darajar shilling ko albashi, dagasou kosoud, shilling.[1] Kalmar kuma tana da alaƙa da ancient Latinsoldarius, ma'ana soja (a zahiri, "mai biyan kuɗi").[2] Waɗannan kalmomi daga karshe sun samo asali daga kalmar Latin Latesolidus , yana nufin tsabar kudinAncient Roman da aka yi amfani da ita aDaular Byzantine.
A mafi yawan sojoji ana amfani da kalmar "soja" ya dauki ma'ana ta gaba daya saboda karuwar kwararrun sana'o'in soja wadanda ke bukatar fannoni daban-daban na ilimi da kwarewa. A sakamakon haka, ana kiran "sojoji" da sunaye ko matsayi wadanda ke nuna wani yanki na musamman na aikin soja, sabis, ko reshe na aikin soja, nau'in sashin su, ko aikin aiki ko amfani da fasaha kamar: soja,tanker (a). memba na ma'aikatan tanki), kwamando, dragoon, ɗan bakar fata, mai gadi, mai harbin bindiga, paratrooper, grenadier , Ranker, maharbi , injiniya , sapper , craftsman, sigina, likita, ko gunner, a tsakanin sauran sharuddan.
soja
A kasashe da yawa ana kiran sojojin da ke aiki a takamaiman sana'o'i da wasu sharuddan da ba sunan sana'a ba. Misali, an san jami’an ‘yan sandan soja a cikin Sojan Burtaniya da sunan “jajayen hula” saboda kalar hulunan su kawunansu.
Wani lokaci ana kiran 'yan bindigar "grunts" (a cikin Sojojin Amurka ) ko "squaddies" (a cikin Sojojin Burtaniya), yayin da ma'aikatan bindigu na Sojojin Amurka, ko "masu bindiga," wani lokaci ana kiransu "redlegs", daga launi na reshen sabis.[3] donbindigogi. Yawancin sojojin Amurka ana kiransu "GIs" (gajeren kalmar "Gaba ɗaya Batu").
Sojoji kenan
Sojojin ruwa na Faransa ana kiran su "porpoises" (French:marsouins) saboda rawar da suke takawa.[ana buƙatar hujja] yawancin runduna suna da lakabi irin wannan, wakanda ke tasowa ko dai daga abubuwa na musamman na riga, wasu ma'anar tarihi ko hamayya tsakanin rassa ko tsarin mulki.