Nirankar () is one of the many attributes associated to God in Sikhism and means The Formless One.
The word has its roots in the Sanskrit word nirÃÂkÃÂrÃÂ () and is a compound of two words: Nir meaning "without" and Akar (or Akaar), "shape" or "form"; hence, The Formless.
The term is used as one of the names of God by Sikhs.
It finds usage in the Guru Granth Sahib:
The words is sometime conjoined with other terms. Some examples are below:
The term was first used to describe the divine by Guru Nanak. The name later would become the namesake of the Nirankari sect founded by Baba Dayal Singh.