The research focuses on learning Iranian influence in Indonesia in culture, language and literature area and the research is based on comparative method.

In first paragraph we analyzed the Persian presence in Indonesia. Iranian influence occurred in Indonesian culture, also language and beliefs since the period islamization.

To study two languages specific points comparatively will effect fruitful result of the research as well as can be a good manual for the new-learners.

We analyzed the Persian loanwords semantically. In result it is obvious that many of the Persian loanwords are used widely, actively by Indonesian society, whereas few of them are used in limited spheres, as Indonesian society mostly use the equivalent or synonym of those words. We observed semantic changes on Persian loanwords such as semantic expansion, restriction as well as semantic amelioration.

Persian culture and language influenced not only in culture or language of Indonesia, but in literature life also. As we studied, there are some scholars, poets who wrote their works, novels, poems inspired by Persian literature.

Persian, Indonesian, Loanwords, Semantics, prose, poetics

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