Hello everyone,

In a book entitled "The Dictionary of Turkish Verbs", I found a word which I couldn´t understand.

The word comes in this sentence:

Sinan´ı ara.ma.makla çok ayıp ettin. Senden telefon bekliyordu.

[According to the dictionary the sentence translates as follows: «You behaved sahmefully by not telephoning Sinan. He was expecting you to call».

By searching the words "ara" and "arama" via google I found lots of synonyms for both of them but still I couldn´t understand how they relate to "telephoning" as the dictionary suggests.

Any clarifications would be highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

the verb aramak means to search

aramak
1. /ı/ to look (for), hunt (for), seek.
2. /ı/ to search.
3. /ı/ to long (for), miss.
4. /ı/ to ask (for), demand.
5. /ı/ to inquire (after).
6. /ı/ to drop in on.
7. colloq. to look for trouble. Arama! colloq. It´s too much to expect.

__la bulunmaz/ele geçmez. colloq. It´s a very lucky chance. arayıp da bulamamak /ı/ to be rare and valuable, be a lucky find. arayıp soranı bulunmamak/olmamak to be without anyone who cares for him. arayıp sormak /ı/
1. to show concern for, ask after.
2. to visit (someone) and show an interest in him. arayıp taramak/

__ taramak /ı/ to comb, search thoroughly.

aramakla  is like dialing the phone I think

aramamakla would be not dialing

I think harmony is wrong that is why it seems hard

should be
aramazlar

maybe someone else could help correct this

Ok then, thank you indeed  for replying back. Your answer in addition to some more explanation I just found, clarified the meaning.

What I found is:

ara-

call on the phone [telefonla], call up, ring up.

Examples

Kim arıyor? (Who´s calling?)

Hangi numarayı aradınız? (What phone number are you calling - litterally "did you call?")

Sizi yarın ararım? (I´ll call you tomorrow) etc.