Cappadocian fsax ‘child’, Pharasiot fsaxi ‘boy’ are traditionally derived from Turkish usak, assuming a hitherto unexplained fricativization of [u] to [f] and of word-final [k] to [x] after the borrowing process. The latter cannot be attributed to Cappadocian or Pharasiot, however, as it is a common feature of Anatolian Turkish. In order to understand the former sound change, we have to assume an isolated case of high vowel fricativization in the articulated plural ta usaxja > ta fsaxja → sg. to fsax(i) by metanalysis, comparable to the generally acknowledged case of ta otja > ta utja > ta ftja → sg. to fti ‘the ear’. We argue that fsax(i) is an archaism in light of the parallel use of usak > usak reported in 19th-century sources and the preservation of word-final [x] even in dialects which seem to have borrowed words ending in [k] from Standard instead of Anatolian Turkish. The irregular inflection of fsax(i) suggests that it was borrowed as an adjective from Old Anatolian Turkish before it was substantivized in Ottoman Turkish, perhaps even from Old Turkish uvsak ‘little’: ta ufsaxa ta peðja ‘the little children’ > ta fsaxa ‘the little ones’ by apheresis.

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卡帕多西亚 Fšáx 'Child', Pharasiot Fšáxi 'Boy' 的历史和词源

卡帕多西亚 fsax 'child'、Pharasiot fsaxi 'boy' 传统上源自土耳其语 usak，假设在借用过程之后 [u] 到 [f] 和词尾 [k] 到 [x] 迄今为止无法解释的摩擦化。然而，后者不能归因于卡帕多西亚人或法拉西奥人，因为它是安纳托利亚土耳其人的共同特征。为了理解前者的声音变化，我们必须假设一个孤立的情况，即发音复数 ta usaxja > ta fsaxja → sg 中的高元音擦音化。通过元分析到 fsax(i)，与公认的 ta otja > ta utja > ta ftja → sg 的情况相当。fti '耳朵'。鉴于 usak 的平行使用，我们认为 fsax(i) 是一个古老的词 > usak 在 19 世纪的资料中报告了词尾 [x] 的保留，甚至在似乎借用了标准中以 [k] 结尾的词而不是安纳托利亚土耳其语的方言中也是如此。fsax(i) 的不规则变形表明它在被奥斯曼土耳其语实体化之前是从古安纳托利亚土耳其语借来的形容词，甚至可能来自古土耳其语 uvsak '小'： ta ufsaxa ta peðja '小孩子' > ta fsaxa 'the little's by apheresis。