तर्ज् [ tarj ] [ tarj ] Root cl. [1] [ °jati ] ( ep. also Ā. ; pf. [ tatarja ] Lit. Bhaṭṭ.) to threaten Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ; to scold Lit. MBh. viii , 1543 Lit. Bhaṭṭ. xiv , 80 : Caus. [ tarjayati ] ( ep. , also Ā.) to threaten Lit. R. iii (Pass. p. [ °rjyamāna ] ) Lit. Śak. Lit. Ragh. ; to scold Lit. Hariv. 11166 Lit. Daś. Lit. BhP. ; to frighten Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Suśr. Lit. Rājat. ; to deride Lit. MBh. v , 2485 Lit. Bhaṭṭ. vii , 36 ; for √ [ tark ] , Caus. Lit. MBh. iv , 567 ; ( ( cf. Germ. (drohen) ) )