"Onkar" in Sikhism
Ik Onkar, in modern Punjabi spelt out as ਇੱਕ ਓਅੰਕਾਰ, but iconically represented as ੴ in the Guru Granth Sahib (although sometimes spelt out in full as ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ) is the statement of the uniqueness of God in Sikhism, and is commonly translated simply as "one God". Within the phrase, "ik" is the Punjabi word for "one", and "onkar" figuratively means "God" but literally means "creater of Om"; "-kar" (in Punjabi ਕਾਰ) meaning "create", "work", or "action". Thus, although "Om" is referenced, Sikhism uses it only to starkly emphasize its monotheism without subscribing to its philosophy in and of itself.
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