An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

1) A branching treelike figure produced on or in a mineral by a foreign mineral.
2) A crystallized → arborescent form.
3) Any of the usually branching protoplasmic processes that conduct impulses toward the body of a neuron (Merriam-Webster.com).

From Gk. dendrites "of or pertaining to a tree," from dendron "tree," cognate with Pers. deraxt, variant dâr, → tree.

Šâxzâré, from šâxzâr, from šâxsâr "full of branches," from šâx, šâxé, → branch, + suffix -zâr denoting profusion, and abundance, as in kârzâr "a field of battle; combat" šurezâr "unfertile, salty ground; nitrous earth," xoškzâr "arid land," and so forth.