Nirankar

Nirankar is one of the many attributes associated to God in Sikhism and means The Formless One.

Etymology

The word has its roots in the Sanskrit word nirākārā and is a compound of two words: Nir meaning "without" and Akar, "shape" or "form"; hence, The Formless.

Meaning and usage

The term is used as one of the names of God by Sikhs.
It finds usage in the Guru Granth Sahib:

Conjunction

The words is sometime conjoined with other terms. Some examples are below:

Nirankar Purusha
Nirankar Alepa

History

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.